Counterfactuals and Scientific Realism
The author attempts to show that scientific realism is compatible with the presence of idealization in the sciences. His main contention is that idealized theories can be treated as counterfactuals about how things are in worlds that are similar to but simpler than the actual world
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Palgrave Macmillan UK
2012, 2012
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| Series: | New Directions in the Philosophy of Science
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The author attempts to show that scientific realism is compatible with the presence of idealization in the sciences. His main contention is that idealized theories can be treated as counterfactuals about how things are in worlds that are similar to but simpler than the actual world |
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| Physical Description: | XI, 209 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781137271587 |