REALISM (Structural)
Charles François (2004). REALISM (Structural), International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(2): 2738.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 2738 ▶ |
| Object type | Epistemology, ontology or semantics, Methodology or model |
This concept was introduced by H. POINCARÉ (1894-1912)( 1902, p. 248-71). It sustains that the relations discovered through theories that have been systematically confirmed, do reflect “real” aspects of the physical world, as it is, independently from man“ (L. SOLER, 2001, P. 82)
It is noteworthy that in her critical note, SOLER still puts “real” within quotation marks and uses the word “reflect”
In fact, there is a quite general consensus among epistemologists who examine the validity of scientific endeavor: our knowledge of the outside world is always relative to our human perceptive habilities and to our conceptual capacity for constructing models in our nervous system , and specially in the neo-cortex in our brain