Modal inferences in science: a tale of two epistemologies

DOI10.1007/S11229-021-03399-8zbMATH Open1528.03083OpenAlexW3200579015MaRDI QIDQ6180159FDOQ6180159

Authors: Ilmari Hirvonen, Rami Koskinen, Ilkka Pättiniemi 

Publication date: 19 January 2024

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-021-03399-8

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zbMATH Keywords

manipulationnecessitypossibilityscientific inferenceepistemology of modalityrelative modality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10)

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