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1. Philosophy Of Science

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   This debate concerns the metaphysical status of scientific theories. Scientific Realism posits that successful scientific theories aim to provide a literally true description of the world, including unobservable entities (like electrons or quarks). The success of a theory is taken as evidence for the existence of its theoretical entities—this is known as the "No Miracles Argument" (NMA).
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