Idealization VII : : Structuralism, Idealization and Approximation / / edited by Martti Kuokkanen.

• Superior document: Poznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities Series ; Volume 42
• TeilnehmendeR: Kuokkanen, Martti,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam, Netherlands : : Editions Rodopi B.V.,, [1994]; ©1994
• Year of Publication: 1994
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; Volume 42.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- IDEALIZATION, APPROXIMATION AND COUNTERFACTUALS IN THE STRUCTURALIST FRAMEWORK -- The Refined Structure of Theories -- Approximation and Idealization from the Structuralist Point of View -- A Note on the Structuralist Account of Approximation -- A Reply to Kieseppä -- Structuralist Aspects of Idealization -- Counterfactual Deformation and Idealization in a Structuralist Framework -- Assessing the Structuralist Theory of Verisimilitude -- IDEALIZATION, APPROXIMATION AND THEORY FORMATION -- Remarks on the Nature of Galileo's Methodological Revolution -- Approximation in Applied Science -- Idealized Action Phases. A Concise Rubicon Theory -- Modelling, Simulation, and Structuralism -- Idealization in Cognitive Science. A Study in Counterfactual Correspondence -- Idealization in Evolutionary Biology -- On Idealization in Ecology -- Early Utilitarianism and Its Idealizations from a Systematic Point of View -- IDEALIZATION, APPROXIMATION AND MEASUREMENT -- Measurement-Theoretical Idealizations and Empirical Research Practice -- Probability as an Idealization of Relative Frequency. A Case Study by Means of the BTL-Model -- The Empirical Claim of Probability Statements, Idealized Bernoulli Experiments and their Approximate Version -- Idealisations in Quantum Theory of Measurement -- ABSTRACTS -- POZNAŃ STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE SCIENCES AND THE HUMANITIES.