Scientific realism, the position that successful theories are likely to be approximately true, is threatened by the pessimistic induction according to which the history of science is full of successful, but false theories. I aim to defend scientific realism against the pessimistic induction. My main thesis is that our current best theories each enjoy a very high degree of predictive success, fa...

this article tries to investigate the range and some features of scientific realism from the perspectives advocated by sayyid jamāl ad-din asad ābādi. it applies grounded theory, documentary research method, and some interpretative and exploratory views. sayyid jamāl has tried to reveal the capacity of religious knowledge including modern world, using hermeneutics insight and qurān’s concepts r...

In this paper I analyze the difficult question of the truth of mature scientific theories by tackling the problem of the truth of laws. After introducing the main philosophical positions in the field of scientific realism, I discuss and then counter the two main arguments against realism, namely the pessimistic metainduction and the abstract and idealized character of scientific laws. I conclud...