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Counterfactuals and Scientific Realism
Inbunden, 2012
551 kr
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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.
What Place for the A Priori?
Av Michael J. Shaffer, Michael L. Veber
Häftad, 2011
386 kr
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Before the 20th century, the concept of a priori knowledge -- knowledge based in reason and reflection rather than experience -- found nearly universal acceptance. By the early 20th century, however, philosophers were skeptical of the idea that there was any nontrivial existence of a priori …
What Place for the A Priori?
Av Michael L. Veber, Michael J. Shaffer
E-bok, 2011
517 kr
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This book deals with questions about the nature of a priori knowledge and its relation to empirical knowledge. Until the twentieth century, it was more or less taken for granted that there was such a thing as a priori knowledge, that is, knowledge whose source is in reason and reflection rather …
Counterfactuals and Scientific Realism
E-bok, 2012
763 kr
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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.
Counterfactuals and Scientific Realism
Häftad, 2012
551 kr
Lägg i varukorg
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.
