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`comprehensive in scope, clear in exposition, even-handed in its discussion of opposing views and full of useful references to the literature' Peter Menzies, TLS `the scope of Niiniluoto's discussion is impressively broad' Peter Menzies, TLS `very scholarly' The Jerusalem Philosophical Quarterly 50 `The book is a rather technical philosophical treatise that might tire the uninitiated, but patience will be amply rewarded.' Stathis Psillos, The Times Higher Education Supplement, Frid. 6th Oct. 2000.

It is admirable that Niiniluoto tries to deal with the metaphysics of realism, an area that has been relatively neglected. Critical Scientific Realism is an important contribution to the realism debate and will be very useful to all philosophers working in this area Mind Critical Scientific Realism is impressively wide-ranging ... a very rich book Mind Comprehensive in scope, clear in exposition, even-handed in its discussion of opposing views and full of useful references to the literature Peter Menzies, Times Literary Supplement The book is a rather technical philosophical treatise that might tire the uninitiated, but patience will be amply rewarded Stathis Psillos, The Times Higher Education Supplement

It is admirable that Niiniluoto tries to deal with the metaphysics of realism, an area that has been relatively neglected. Critical Scientific Realism is an important contribution to the realism debate and will be very useful to all philosophers working in this area Mind Critical Scientific Realism is impressively wide-ranging ... a very rich book Mind Comprehensive in scope, clear in exposition, even-handed in its discussion of opposing views and full of useful references to the literature Peter Menzies, Times Literary Supplement The book is a rather technical philosophical treatise that might tire the uninitiated, but patience will be amply rewarded Stathis Psillos, The Times Higher Education Supplement

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Ilkka Niiniluoto is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Helsinki.

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