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<noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>A philosophical position that there is no "objective" or "unique" external reality, but that reality consists at least in part of networks of ''theories'', or ''world pictures'', that connect observations with their explanations.
<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.

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A definition or brief description of Model-dependent realism.

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.