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Idealization XII : correcting the model : idealization and abstraction in the sciences / Idealization 12 Correcting the model edited by Martin R. Jones and Nancy Cartwright. - 1 online resource (293 pages) : illustrations. - Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; v. 86 . - Poznań Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities 86/12. .

Includes bibliographical references.

Preliminary Material / PREFACE / ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS / QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION OF IDEALIZED MODELS IN THE NEW CLASSICAL MACROECONOMICS / WHY IDEALIZED MODELS IN ECONOMICS HAVE LIMITED USE / THE REVIVAL OF ARISTOTLE’S NATURE / THE INFORMATIONAL GENE AND THE SUBSTANTIAL BODY: ON THE GENERALIZATION OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY BY ABSTRACTION / ABSTRACTION VIA GENERIC MODELING IN CONCEPT FORMATION IN SCIENCE / APPROXIMATING THE REAL: THE ROLE OF IDEALIZATIONS IN PHYSICAL THEORY / IDEALIZATION AND ABSTRACTION: A FRAMEWORK / STANDARD TIME / EVADING THE IRS / REALISM IS DEAD / IS REALISM DEAD? / POZNAŃ STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE SCIENCES AND THE HUMANITIES / Martin R. Jones and Nancy Cartwright -- Martin R. Jones and Nancy Cartwright -- Martin R. Jones and Nancy Cartwright -- Kevin D. Hoover -- John Pemberton -- Amos Funkenstein -- James R. Griesemer -- Nancy J. Nersessian -- Margaret Morrison -- Martin R. Jones -- David S. Nivison -- James Bogen and James Woodward -- M. Norton Wise -- Ronald N. Giere -- Martin R. Jones and Nancy Cartwright.

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ISBN: 9789401202732

Standard No.: 10.1163/9789401202732 DOI

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Abstraction.
Ideals (Philosophy)
Knowledge, Theory of.
Logic.
Science--Philosophy.
Science--Methodology.
Abstraction.
Ideals (Philosophy)
Knowledge, Theory of.
Logic.
Science--Methodology.
Science--Philosophy.

LC Class. No.: BD235 / .I344 2004eb

Dewey Class. No.: 121