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.