Counterfactuals and Scientific Realism

2012. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-230-30845-9
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 209 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

Reihe: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shaffer, Michael J

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Logik, Argumentationstheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

MICHAEL SHAFFER is Associate Professor of Philosophy at St. Cloud State University, USA. He is the author of , co-editor of and has published many articles about epistemology, logic and the philosophy of science.