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Counterfactuals and Scientific Realism
Michael J. Shaffer
出版Springer, 2012-08-13
主題Science / Philosophy & Social AspectsPhilosophy / EpistemologyPhilosophy / LogicPhilosophy / General
ISBN11372715829781137271587
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=dFNHBQAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.