Add to ORKGPhilosophers of science increasingly recognize the importance of idealization: the intentional introduction of distortion into scientific theories. Yet this recognition has not yielded consensus about the nature of idealization. Thee literature of the past thirty years contains disparate characterizations and justifications, but little evidence of convergence towards a common position
The paper discusses the recent literature on abstraction/idealization in connection with the \parad...
I explore a challenge that idealisations pose to scientific realism and argue that the realist can b...
Multiply realizable kinds are scientifically problematic, for it appears that we should not expect d...
Philosophers of science increasingly recognize the importance of idealization: the intentional intro...
In this paper, I first outline the view developed in my recent book on the role of idealization in s...
Idealizations are rampant and unchecked in science. That is, they exist throughout our best represen...
There is increasing attention to the centrality of idealization in science. One common view is tha...
Two types of idealization in theory construction are distinguished, and the distinction is used to g...
Idealization is ubiquitous in human cognition, and so is the inclination to be puzzled by it: what t...
The paper first raises the problem concerning the confirmation of idealized theories in science and ...
A central goal of the scientific endeavor is to explain phenomena. Scientists often attempt to expla...
Many of our best scientific explanations incorporate idealizations, that is, false assumptions. Phil...
Intuitively, science progresses from truth to truth. A glance at history quickly reveals that this i...
Many explanations in physics rely on idealized models of physical systems. These explanations fail t...
Highly idealized models, such as the Hawk-Dove game, are pervasive in biological theorizing. We argu...
The paper discusses the recent literature on abstraction/idealization in connection with the \parad...
I explore a challenge that idealisations pose to scientific realism and argue that the realist can b...
Multiply realizable kinds are scientifically problematic, for it appears that we should not expect d...
Philosophers of science increasingly recognize the importance of idealization: the intentional intro...
In this paper, I first outline the view developed in my recent book on the role of idealization in s...
Idealizations are rampant and unchecked in science. That is, they exist throughout our best represen...
There is increasing attention to the centrality of idealization in science. One common view is tha...
Two types of idealization in theory construction are distinguished, and the distinction is used to g...
Idealization is ubiquitous in human cognition, and so is the inclination to be puzzled by it: what t...
The paper first raises the problem concerning the confirmation of idealized theories in science and ...
A central goal of the scientific endeavor is to explain phenomena. Scientists often attempt to expla...
Many of our best scientific explanations incorporate idealizations, that is, false assumptions. Phil...
Intuitively, science progresses from truth to truth. A glance at history quickly reveals that this i...
Many explanations in physics rely on idealized models of physical systems. These explanations fail t...
Highly idealized models, such as the Hawk-Dove game, are pervasive in biological theorizing. We argu...
The paper discusses the recent literature on abstraction/idealization in connection with the \parad...
I explore a challenge that idealisations pose to scientific realism and argue that the realist can b...
Multiply realizable kinds are scientifically problematic, for it appears that we should not expect d...