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Counterfactuals and scientific realism /

Shaffer, Michael J.

Counterfactuals and scientific realism / Michael J. Shaffer. - Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. - xi, 209 p. ; 23 cm. - New directions in the philosophy of science . - New directions in the philosophy of science. .

Series Editor's Preface
Acknowledgement
Introduction
The Concept of Idealization The Ubiquity of Idealization and Its Logic: Epistemic Access, Confirmation and Idealisation, Inference to the Best Explanation and Scientific Realism Reference
Index

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Science--Philosophy.
Ideals (Philosophy)
Realism.

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