Approximation, idealization, and laws of nature

DOI10.1023/A:1005186322310zbMath0941.03005OpenAlexW2244672131MaRDI QIDQ1969754

Chang Liu

Publication date: 19 March 2000

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1005186322310

zbMATH Keywords

philosophy of scienceapproximate truthtruthlikenesstheory of idealizationlawlikenesstheories of approximation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Foundations of classical theories (including reverse mathematics) (03B30)

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