Infinite idealization and contextual realism
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Infinite idealization and contextual realism
zbMATH Open document ID: 1474.80007
author: Chuang Liu
published in: Synthese
publication date: 2021-11-26T00:00:00Z
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 80A22
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 82B05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 03A10
zbMATH DE Number: 7434265
zbMATH Keywords: idealization
zbMATH Keywords: abstraction
zbMATH Keywords: infinity
zbMATH Keywords: model
zbMATH Keywords: realism
zbMATH Keywords: thermodynamics
zbMATH Keywords: statistical mechanics
zbMATH Keywords: phase transitions
zbMATH Keywords: non-analyticity
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: s11229-018-1767-y
OpenAlex ID: W2796710665
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DOI: 10.1007/S11229-018-1767-Y
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 7434265