Against scientific realism: a critical study

Against Scientific Realism A Critical Study A critical study of the most famous arguments of scientism and its cornerstone: scientific realism Authored by: M. Ghaith bin Waleed Al-Halabi and Abdulqadir Sabsabi Publisher: Dar Tabseer Book: Against Scientific Realism A critical study of the most famous arguments of scientism and its cornerstone: scientific realism Authored by: M. Ghaith Waleed Al-Halabi - A. Abdulqadir Sabsabi --- About the book --- This is a critical study of scientific realism as the most deeply rooted pillar in scientism discourse: it is what turns the success of science from a capacity for prediction and control into a deeper claim that our theories describe what is beyond observation (the unseen) as it is in itself, and that the best explanation for its success is that it is true or approximately true. I took the book *Resisting Scientific Realism* by Kenneth Brad Wray as a focus; because it combines two important aspects: it dismantles the realist arguments, foremost among them the argument from no miracles and the inference to the best explanation, then tests them against the history of science where transformations have overturned concepts and entities that were once “the best” without science ceasing to succeed and progress. Between logical analysis and historical witness—from the Copernican revolution to the shift in chemistry from atomic weight to atomic number—the study draws a clearer boundary between the observable and the unobservable in terms of epistemic value, to raise important questions again: what does the practical success of science give us in terms of knowledge? and what does its success prevent us from believing ontologically? Is it capable of rivaling religious unseen doctrines as a...