Counterfactuals and Scientific Realism Paperback / softback
by Michael J. Shaffer
Part of the New Directions in the Philosophy of Science series
Paperback / softback
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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.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:209 pages, XI, 209 p.
- Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:01/01/2012
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- ISBN:9781349339068
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:209 pages, XI, 209 p.
- Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:01/01/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9781349339068
