Counterfactuals and Scientific Realism
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
Published:13th Aug '12
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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.
ISBN: 9780230308459
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 410g
209 pages