Counterfactuals and Scientific Realism
Author:   Michael J. Shaffer
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2012
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9781349339068


Pages:   209
Publication Date:   01 January 2012
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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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Author:   Michael J. Shaffer
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2012
Weight:   0.290kg
ISBN:  

9781349339068


ISBN 10:   1349339067
Pages:   209
Publication Date:   01 January 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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MICHAEL SHAFFER is Associate Professor of Philosophy at St. Cloud State University, USA. He is the author of The 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.

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