Van Frassen and Constuctive Empiricism

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Bsa Van Frassen wrote hisbook "Scientific Image" in favor of empiricism and against scientific realism. He claims his approach is an undeniable alternative for realism and minimizes the risks of it epistemologically. the coined term "Constructive Empiricism" implies that his approach has come up with a new modeling of scientific theories, in addition to his loyalty to empiricism. The first chapter of the article discusses Van Frassen's mentloned approach, including the construction of scientific theories, the effective empiricism factors on scientific theories and other proofs against realism, and the second chapter discusses each approach extensively.
 

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