Modal inferences in science: a tale of two epistemologies

DOI10.1007/S11229-021-03399-8MaRDI QIDQ6180159zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ilmari Hirvonen, Rami Koskinen, Ilkka Pättiniemi

Publication date 19 January 2024

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

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

zbMATH Keywords

manipulationnecessitypossibilityscientific inferenceepistemology of modalityrelative modality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10)

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