Science and Partial Truth A Unitary Approach to Models and Scientific Reasoning - Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science

Newton C. A. da Costa, Steven French

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Da Costa and French explore the consequences of adopting a "pragmatic" notion of truth in the philosophy of science--in other words, accepting a theory as valid when it may only be partially true rather than wholly true. Their framework sheds new light on issues dealing with belief, theory acceptance, and the realism-antirealism debate, as well as the nature of scientific models and their heuristic development.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780195156515
Publisher:	OUP OXFORD
Imprint:	Oxford University Press
Pub date:	20 Nov 2003
DEWEY:	501
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	259
Weight:	567g
Height:	245mm
Width:	159mm
Spine width:	24mm