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SUMMARY:Singularist semirealism - Bence Nanay (University of Antwerp and P
 eterhouse\, Cambridge)
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CONTACT:Karin Ekholm
DESCRIPTION:The aim of this talk is to carve out a new position in the sci
 entific realism/antirealism debate and argue that it captures some of the 
 most important realist and some of the most important antirealist consider
 ations. The view\, briefly stated\, is that there is always a fact of the 
 matter about whether the singular statements science gives us are literall
 y true\, but there is no fact of the matter about whether the non-singular
  statements science gives us are literally true. I call this view singular
 ist semirealism. Singularist semirealism sides with scientific realism wit
 h regards to singular statements but it is an antirealist view with regard
 s to non-singular statements. In this sense\, singularist semirealism coul
 d be considered to be 'the best of both worlds'.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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