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2019

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Synthese

Infinite idealizations in science

Vol. 196 (5)

Edited by

Samuel C. Fletcher, Patricia Palacios, Laura Ruetsche, Elay Shech

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Full citation:

Fletcher, S. C. , Palacios, P. , Ruetsche, L. , Shech, E. (eds) (2019). Infinite idealizations in science. Synthese 196 (5).

Table of Contents

Infinite idealizations in science

Fletcher Samuel C.; Palacios Patricia; Ruetsche Laura; Shech Elay

1657-1669

Infinity and the foundations of linguistics

Nefdt Ryan M.

1671-1711

The structure of asymptotic idealization

Strevens Michael

1713-1731

Combining finite and infinite elements

De Bianchi Silvia

1733-1748

Minimal approximations and Norton's dome

Fletcher Samuel C.

1749-1760

On the paradox of reversible processes in thermodynamics

Valente Giovanni

1761-1781

Stars and steam engines

Robertson Katie

1783-1808

Point-particle explanations

Andrew Wayne K

1809-1829

Deduction and definability in infinite statistical systems

Feintzeig Benjamin H.

1831-1861

The paradox of phase transitions in the light of constructive mathematics

van Wierst Pauline

1863-1884

Infinite idealization and contextual realism

Liu Chuang

1885-1918

Discontinuities and singularities, data and phenomena

Bangu Sorin

1919-1937

Infinite lies and explanatory ties

Baron Sam

1939-1961

Infinitesimal idealization, easy road nominalism, and fractional quantum statistics

Shech Elay

1963-1990

The role of idealizations in the Aharonov–Bohm effect

Earman John

1991-2019

Knowledge and the permissibility of action

Pinillos N. Ángel

2021-2043

Naïve realism about unconscious perception

Jakub Zięba Paweł

2045-2073

Is open-mindedness truth-conducive?

Madison B J C

2075-2087

Semantic relativism and ways of knowing

Tarasov Leonid

2089-2109

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