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Counterfactuals and Scientific Realism

Michael J Shaffer author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan

Published:13th Aug '12

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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.

ISBN: 9780230308459

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 410g

209 pages