Editorial biography
Stathis Psillos is a prominent Greek philosopher of science whose work on scientific realism has significant implications for natural theology and the God debate. His influential book "Scientific Realism: How Science Tracks Truth" (1999) defends the view that scientific theories provide approximately true descriptions of reality, including unobservable entities. This position bears directly on religious epistemology, as it supports the possibility of rational inference to unseen realities—a principle often invoked in arguments for God's existence. Psillos's sophisticated defense of inference to the best explanation as a reliable method for discovering truth has been applied by philosophers of religion to cosmological and design arguments. His work challenges both scientific anti-realism and strict empiricism, opening conceptual space for metaphysical claims about divine reality while maintaining rigorous epistemic standards.