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Renormalization and the Formulation of Scientific Realism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

James D. Fraser
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Abstract

Providing a precise statement of their position has long been a central challenge facing scientific realists. This article draws some morals about how realism ought to be formulated from the renormalization group framework in high-energy physics.

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Physics
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 85 , Issue 5 , December 2018 , pp. 1164 - 1175
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Copyright © The Philosophy of Science Association

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Footnotes

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Thanks to Doreen Fraser and Laura Ruetsche for inviting me to participate in the symposium and to Steven French, Porter Williams, and Laura Ruetsche (again) for useful discussions of previous versions of this material.

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