Counterfactuals and scientific realism /

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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Shaffer, Michael J., 1970-
Corporate Author:	Ebook Library
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Series:	New directions in the philosophy of science.
Subjects:	Realism. Science > Philosophy. Ideals (Philosophy) Science > Philosophy. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book