Counterfactuals and Scientific Realism
Description
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.
Keywords
SciencePhilosophy & Social AspectsPhilosophyEpistemologyLogic
2012Book
Author(s)Michael J. Shaffer
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780230308459
LanguageEnglish
