Juha Saatsi is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science, University of Leeds, UK.

Introduction: Scientific realism in the 21st century - Juha Saatsi

PART 1: Historical development of the realist stance

1. Realism and logical empiricism - Matthias Neuber

2. The realist turn in the philosophy of science - Stathis Psillos

PART 2: Classic debate: core issues and positions

3. Success of science as a motivation for realism - K. Brad Wray

4. Historical challenges to realism - Peter Vickers

5. Underdetermination - Dana Tulodziecki

6. Kuhn, relativism and realism - Howard Sankey

7. Instrumentalism - Darrell P. Rowbottom

8. Empiricism - Otavio Bueno

9. Structural Realism and its Variants - Ioannis Votsis

10. Entity realism - Matthias Egg

11. Truthlikeness and Approximate Truth - Gerhard Schurz

PART 3: Perspectives on contemporary debates

12. Global vs. local arguments for realism - Leah Henderson

13. Perspectivism - Michela Massimi

14.Pluralism and scientific realism - Hasok Chang

15. Scientific progress - Ilkka Niiniluoto

16. Realism and the limits of explanatory reasoning - Juha Saatsi

17. Unconceived alternatives and uniformitarian instrumentalism - P. Kyle Stanford

18. Realism, Antirealism, Epistemic Stances, and Voluntarism - Anjan Chakravartty

19. Modeling and Realism: Strange Bedfellows? - Arnon Levy

20. Success and Scientific Realism: Considerations from the Philosophy of Simulation - Eric Winsberg and Ali Mirza

21. Scientific realism and social epistemology - Martin Kusch

PART 4: The realism debate in disciplinary context

22. Scientific Realism and High Energy Physics - Richard Dawid

23. Getting Real about Quantum Mechanics - Laura Ruetsche

24. Scientific Realism and Primordial Cosmology - Jeremy Butterfield

25. Three Kinds of Realism about Historical Science - Derek Turner

26 Scientific Realism and the Earth Sciences - Teru Miyake

27. Scientific realism and chemistry - Paul Needham

28. Realism about cognitive science - Mark Sprevak

29. Scientific Realism and Economics - Harold Kincaid

PART 5: Broader reflections

30. Realism and theories of truth - Jamin Asay

31. Realism and metaphysics - Steven French

32. Mathematical realism and naturalism - Mary Leng

33. Scientific realism and epistemology - Alexander Bird

34. Natural kinds for the scientific realist - Matthew Slater.

Index