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.
Autorentext
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.
Inhalt
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
Titel
Counterfactuals and Scientific Realism
Autor
EAN
9781137271587
ISBN
978-1-137-27158-7
Format
E-Book (pdf)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
13.08.2012
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Wasserzeichen
Dateigrösse
1.23 MB
Anzahl Seiten
209
Jahr
2012
Untertitel
Englisch
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