This is part 8 of 38 episodes. The Greek philosophers understood that the mental impressions that arise in our minds are appearances and not the original reality itself.

People insists they are different, but I don’t really see why they can’t be reduced to one another.

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Scientific realism is the view that our best scientific theories give approximately true descriptions of both observable and unobservable aspects of a mind-independent world. Debates between realists and their critics are at the very heart of the philosophy of science. Anjan Chakravartty traces the contemporary evolution of realism by examining the most promising strategies adopted by its proponents in response to the forceful challenges of antirealist sceptics, res… More >>

A Metaphysics for Scientific Realism: Knowing the Unobservable