Document Type : Research Paper

Author

• Roozbeh Zare

Ph.D Student in Comparative Philosophy, Qom University

Abstract

Realism and Anti-Realism debate is one of the philosophical problems that remain prominent during the history of human's thought. The discussion of this issue reaches to new and varied forms under the light of contemporary branches of philosophy especially second order philosophies. In philosophy of science, this debate is discussed in a narrow especial sense that entails some various discussions. In this article, Kosso's innovative thesis of "Realistic Realism" is described and criticized.

Keywords

• realism
• epistemological realism
• ontological (metaphysical) realism
• modern physics
• metaphysics of science