Realism versus Neoliberalism: A Formulation

Structural realism versus deployment realism: A comparative evaluation.

In this paper I challenge and adjudicate between the two positions that have come to prominence in the scientific realism debate: deployment realism and structural realism. I discuss a set of cases from the history of celestial mechanics, including some of the most important successes in the history of science. To the surprise of the deployment realist, these are novel predictive successes towa...

Renormalization and the Formulation of Scientific Realism

Providing a precise statement of their position has long been a central challenge facing the scientific realist. This paper draws some morals about how realism ought to be formulated from the renormalization group framework in high energy physics.

Bartering for time: realism versus hope.

The issue of third-party reimbursement also came up. “We hope the guidelines will help with reimbursement with some of these therapies by becoming standard practice,” Denlinger said. “But we don’t yet know.” Similarly, Philippe Spiess, M.D., genitourinary oncologist at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., and a member of NCCN’s bladder/penile cancer panel, said that uncertainty surround...

Realism versus Instrumentalism in a New Statistical Framework*

Desiring Neoliberalism

The paper is based on the premise that neoliberalism is a political rationality that is not only anti-social but also requires an anti-democratic and violent form of statehood. However, neoliberalism is not solely based on coercion and force, but paradoxically also on consensus. This consensus is not least organized through its flexibilized and pluralized sexual politics. By focussing on sexual...