Universality and Modeling Limiting Behaviors

Philosophy of Science 87 (5):829-840 (2020)
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Most attempts to justify the use of idealized models to explain appeal to the accuracy of the model with respect to difference-making causes. In this article, I argue for an alternative way to just...

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