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.
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 IndexÜber den Autor
MICHAEL SHAFFER is Associate Professor of Philosophy at St. Cloud State University, USA. He is the author ofThe 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.
Sprache Englisch ● Format PDF ● Seiten 209 ● ISBN 9781137271587 ● Dateigröße 1.3 MB ● Verlag Palgrave Macmillan UK ● Ort London ● Land GB ● Erscheinungsjahr 2012 ● herunterladbar 24 Monate ● Währung EUR ● ID 3446880 ● Kopierschutz Soziales DRM