Add to ORKGBecause idealizations frequently advance scientific understanding, many claim that falsehoods play an epistemic role. In this paper, we argue that these positions greatly overstate idealiza..
The paper first raises the problem concerning the confirmation of idealized theories in science and ...
Philosophers of science increasingly recognize the importance of idealization: the intentional intro...
The use of falsehoods is a common, if rarely recognized, part of many good scientific practices. In ...
Because idealizations frequently advance scientific understanding, many claim that falsehoods play a...
Idealizations are rampant and unchecked in science. That is, they exist throughout our best represen...
Many of our best scientific explanations incorporate idealizations, that is, false assumptions. Phil...
In this paper, I first outline the view developed in my recent book on the role of idealization in s...
There is increasing attention to the centrality of idealization in science. One common view is tha...
Idealization is ubiquitous in human cognition, and so is the inclination to be puzzled by it: what t...
Human beings are endowed with finite cognitive capacities so that there are forever unknowntruths....
Intuitively, science progresses from truth to truth. A glance at history quickly reveals that this i...
The fact that many scientific models are idealised, and therefore incorporate known falsehoods, seem...
The notion of understanding occupies an increasingly prominent place in contemporary epistemology, p...
The paper first raises the problem concerning the confirmation of idealized theories in science and ...
Philosophers of science increasingly recognize the importance of idealization: the intentional intro...
The use of falsehoods is a common, if rarely recognized, part of many good scientific practices. In ...
Because idealizations frequently advance scientific understanding, many claim that falsehoods play a...
Idealizations are rampant and unchecked in science. That is, they exist throughout our best represen...
Many of our best scientific explanations incorporate idealizations, that is, false assumptions. Phil...
In this paper, I first outline the view developed in my recent book on the role of idealization in s...
There is increasing attention to the centrality of idealization in science. One common view is tha...
Idealization is ubiquitous in human cognition, and so is the inclination to be puzzled by it: what t...
Human beings are endowed with finite cognitive capacities so that there are forever unknowntruths....
Intuitively, science progresses from truth to truth. A glance at history quickly reveals that this i...
The fact that many scientific models are idealised, and therefore incorporate known falsehoods, seem...
The notion of understanding occupies an increasingly prominent place in contemporary epistemology, p...
The paper first raises the problem concerning the confirmation of idealized theories in science and ...
Philosophers of science increasingly recognize the importance of idealization: the intentional intro...
The use of falsehoods is a common, if rarely recognized, part of many good scientific practices. In ...