We offer a framework for organizing the literature regarding the debates revolving around infinite idealizations in science, and a short summary of the contributions to this special issue
It is proposed that we use the term “approximation” for inexact description of a target system and “...
It is proposed that we use the term "approximation" for inexact description of a target system and "...
"The definitive clarification of the nature of the infinite has become necessary, not merely for the...
The paper discusses the recent literature on abstraction/idealization in connection with\ud the \par...
1. Approximations of arbitrarily large but finite systems are often mistaken for infinite idealizati...
Idealizations are rampant and unchecked in science. That is, they exist throughout our best represen...
Infinite idealizations appear in our best scientific explanations of phase transitions. This is thou...
Idealization is ubiquitous in human cognition, and so is the inclination to be puzzled by it: what t...
I analyze the role of infinite idealizations used in the renormalization group (RG hereafter) method...
Robert Batterman and others have argued that certain idealizing explanations have an asymptotic form...
A central goal of the scientific endeavor is to explain phenomena. Scientists often attempt to expla...
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...
It is proposed that we use the term “approximation” for inexact description of a target system and “...
It is proposed that we use the term "approximation" for inexact description of a target system and "...
"The definitive clarification of the nature of the infinite has become necessary, not merely for the...
The paper discusses the recent literature on abstraction/idealization in connection with\ud the \par...
1. Approximations of arbitrarily large but finite systems are often mistaken for infinite idealizati...
Idealizations are rampant and unchecked in science. That is, they exist throughout our best represen...
Infinite idealizations appear in our best scientific explanations of phase transitions. This is thou...
Idealization is ubiquitous in human cognition, and so is the inclination to be puzzled by it: what t...
I analyze the role of infinite idealizations used in the renormalization group (RG hereafter) method...
Robert Batterman and others have argued that certain idealizing explanations have an asymptotic form...
A central goal of the scientific endeavor is to explain phenomena. Scientists often attempt to expla...
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...
It is proposed that we use the term “approximation” for inexact description of a target system and “...
It is proposed that we use the term "approximation" for inexact description of a target system and "...
"The definitive clarification of the nature of the infinite has become necessary, not merely for the...
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