Critics
This view has been criticized by many analytic philosophers and scientists. However recently cosmologist Stephen Hawking in The Grand Design has advocated model-dependent realism, which bears close resemblance to a relativist position, as a means of reconciling apparent inconsistencies between different iterations of M-Theory.
Larry Laudan's book Science and Relativism outlines the various philosophical points of view on the subject in the form of a dialogue.
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