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<noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>A philosophical position that there is no unique objective reality, but that reality consists at least in part of networks of possibly overlapping ''theories'', or ''world pictures'', that connect observations with their explanations.
<noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>A philosophical position that all we can know about "objective reality" consists of networks of world pictures that explain observations by connecting them to conceptual models.

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A definition or brief description of Model-dependent realism.

A philosophical position that all we can know about "objective reality" consists of networks of world pictures that explain observations by connecting them to conceptual models.

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