E-Book, Englisch, 209 Seiten
Shaffer Counterfactuals and Scientific Realism
2012
ISBN: 978-1-137-27158-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 209 Seiten
Reihe: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science
ISBN: 978-1-137-27158-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
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.




