Science and partial truth [electronic resource] : a unitary approach to models and scientific reasoning / by Newton C.A. da Costa and Steven French.

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Costa, Newton C. A. da

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Series: Oxford studies in philosophy of sciencePublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2003.Description: 1 online resource (259 p.)ISBN:

019515651X

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Electronic books.

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501 22

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Q175.32.R45

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Summary: Explores the consequences of adopting a 'pragmatic' notion of truth in the philosophy of science. This framework describes issues to do 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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Explores the consequences of adopting a 'pragmatic' notion of truth in the philosophy of science. This framework describes issues to do 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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Includes bibliographical references and index.