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Counterfactuals and Scientific Realism de Michael J. Shaffer

Counterfactuals and Scientific Realism: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science

Autor Michael J. Shaffer
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 13 aug 2012
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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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780230308459
ISBN-10: 0230308457
Pagini: 209
Ilustrații: XI, 209 p.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Ediția:2012
Editura: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Seria New Directions in the Philosophy of Science

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

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

Notă biografică

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.