Cartwright on explanation and idealization

DOI10.1023/A:1021502932490zbMath1024.03506OpenAlexW4233066583MaRDI QIDQ1811061

Elliott Sober, Mehmet Elgin

Publication date: 9 June 2003

Published in: Erkenntnis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1021502932490

zbMATH Keywords

contrapositionapplicability in the real worldceteris paribus modifiersfundamental laws of physics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Physics (00A79)

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