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International Conference on Positivism, Scientific Realism and Philosophy of Science ICPSRPS on February 15-16, 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Name: International Conference on Positivism, Scientific Realism and Philosophy of Science
Start: 2023-02-14T21:00:00.000000Z
End: 2023-02-15T21:00:00.000000Z
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Short Name: ICPSRPS
Event Type: Conference
Website URL: https://waset.org/positivism-scientific-realism-and-philosophy-of-science-conference-in-february-2023-in-dubai
Program URL: https://waset.org/conferences-in-february-2023-in-dubai/program
Contact URL: https://waset.org
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Date: February 15-16, 2023
Final Submission: January 14, 2023
Notification: February 27, 2022
Organization: World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
Conference Tags: history of philosophy philosophy political philosophy theoretical philosophy philosophy of education metaphilosophy islamic philosophy buddhist philosophy positivism scientific

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Scientific Realism: Epistemic Achievements versus Epistemic Aims, The Three Dimensions of Realist Commitment, Qualifications and Variations
Considerations in Favour of Scientific Realism: The Miracle Argument, Corroboration, Selective Optimism/Scepticism
Considerations Against Scientific Realism: The Underdetermination of Theory by Data, Scepticism about Inference to the Best Explanation, The Pessimistic Induction, Scepticism about Approximate Truth
Antirealism: Foils for Scientific Realism: Empiricism, Historicism, Social Constructivism, Feminist Approaches, Pragmatism, Quietism, and Dialectical Paralysis
Antecedents of Positivism
Positivists
Antipositivism
Logical positivism and postpositivism
In historiography
In other fields
In 1990s sociology
In 2000s sociology
Sociological positivism: Comte's positivism, Durkheim's positivism, Antipositivism and critical theory, Contemporary positivism
Logical positivism
Further thinkers
In science today
Criticisms

Name: World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
Website: https://waset.org/
Address: UAE

World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology is a federated organization dedicated to bringing together a significant number of diverse scholarly events for presentation within the conference program.