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Renormalization and the Formulation of Scientific Realism
Philosophy of Science 85 (5):1164-1175 (2018)
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Providing a precise statement of their position has long been a central challenge facing the scientific realist. This paper draws some morals about how realism ought to be formulated from the renormalization group framework in high energy physics.Author's Profile
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