Counterfactuals and Scientific Realism

AvMichael J. Shaffer

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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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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Utgivningsdatum:2012-08-13
Mått:140 x 216 x 20 mm
Vikt:431 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:New Directions in the Philosophy of Science
Antal sidor:209
Upplaga:2012
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9780230308459

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MICHAEL SHAFFER is Associate Professor of Philosophy at St. Cloud State University, USA. He is the author of The Experimental Turn and the Methods of Philosophy, co-editor of What Place for the A Priori? and has published many articles about epistemology, logic and the philosophy of science.

Innehållsförteckning

Series Editor's Preface Acknowledgements Introduction The Concept of Idealization The Ubiquity of Idealization and Its Logic Epistemic Access, Confirmation and Idealization Idealization, Inference to the Best Explanation and Scientific Realism References Index