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zbMATH Open0622.03002MaRDI QIDQ3758799FDOQ3758799

Ilkka Niiniluoto

Publication date: 1986

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zbMATH Keywords

counterfactualsmetricapproximationsstate spacephilosophy of sciencescientific realismscientific theoriesidealizationtruthlikenessapproximate truthCarnapian statement view for quantitative theoriesequations between theoriesquantitative theoriesscientific knowledge formation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05)

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