Liu, Chuang (2007) Confirming Idealized Theories and Scientific Realism. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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Two types of idealization in theory construction are distinguished, and the distinction is used to give a critique of Ron Laymon's account of confirming idealized theories and his argument for scientific realism.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Liu, Chuang
Keywords:	induction, confirmation, idealization, approximation, realism, antirealism,
Subjects:	General Issues > Confirmation/Induction General Issues > Models and Idealization General Issues > Philosophers of Science Specific Sciences > Physics General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism
Depositing User:	Chuang Liu
Date Deposited:	19 Mar 2007
Last Modified:	05 Oct 2014 21:32
Item ID:	3243
Subjects:	General Issues > Confirmation/Induction General Issues > Models and Idealization General Issues > Philosophers of Science Specific Sciences > Physics General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism
Date:	2007
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/3243

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