does science require belief? (20)

3 Name: Anonymous Scientist : 2008-03-05 15:02 ID:Heaven

One of the debates that interests me is scientific realism vs anti-realism.

To summarise:

Realism: Science/maths represents a deeper platonic reality. For example a realist would say that the space-time continuum is something that actually, physically exists.

Anti-realism: Science works. Who cares about the rest? Arguing over whether space-time 'actually exists' (whatever that means) is pointless. All that matters is that you can use a theory to make predictions.

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