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This book offers new insights into Hume’s problem of induction. In addition to that, it argues against the coherentist justification of induction, refuting Hume's initial problem of induction and develops counter-inductions to defend scientific realism from pessimists and advocates a realist theory of scientific development. In doing so, this book enriches the moral realism debate with the scientific realism debate and is of great value to researchers and advanced students in philosophy of science.

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Author:   Seungbae Park
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Volume:   520
ISBN:  

9783032000316

ISBN 10:   3032000319
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   10 September 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

1 Critiques of Hume’s Argument against Inductions.- 2 Can Coherentism Solve the Problem of Inductions?.- 3 Can the Local Theory of Induction Solve the problem of Induction?.- 4 The Excessive Requirements on the Use of IBE.- 5 The Template for Generating Philosophical Problems.- 6 Inductive Skepticism and the Scientific Realism Debate.- 7 The Pessimistic Inductions vs. the Counter-Inductions.- 8 Stage Theory of Scientific Development.- 9 The Evolutionary Debunking Argument against Scientific Realism.- 10 Merging the Moral Realism Debate with Scientific Realism Debate.- 11 In Defense of Moral Functionalism 12 Does Mathematical Realism Help Moral Realism?.- 13 Metaethical and Non-Metaethical Explanations of Moral Progress.- 14 The Implications of Metaethical Theories for Scientific and Moral Progress.- 15 The Evolutionary Debunking Argument for Moral Skepticism.- 16 The Problem of Moral Induction.- Index.

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Seungbae Park received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in 2001, specializing in philosophy of science under the guidance of Professor Richard Healey. He taught at the University of Arizona, the University of Maryland, and Pohang University of Science and Technology before coming to his current institution, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, in 2009. He has published a book, Embracing Scientific Realism, in Synthese Library and papers in journals including Synthese, Inquiry, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, and Social Epistemology. He has served as an anonymous referee for Journal of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Social Epistemology, Synthese Library, and Cambridge Elements.

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