word
Scientific Realism
sy-en-TIF-ik REE-ah-liz-um
/ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk ˈriːəlɪzəm/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
scientificrealism
Dictionary meaning
The view that the theoretical entities posited by successful scientific theories genuinely exist and that science aims to give a literally true account of both observable and unobservable reality
Examples
- Scientific realism holds that electrons are real entities, not just useful fictions for making predictions.
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