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Cosmological realism |
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| Authors: | David Merritt |
| Institution: | Rochester, NY, USA;San Francisco State University, Physics and Astronomy Department, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94132, USA;Logic and Philosophy of Science, School of Social Sciences, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697-5100, USA;McGill University, Montreal, Canada |
| Abstract: | I discuss the relevance of the current predicament in cosmology to the debate over scientific realism. I argue that the existence of two, empirically successful but ontologically inconsistent cosmological theories presents difficulties for the realist position. |
| Keywords: | Cosmology Scientific realism Dark matter Abduction |
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