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Counterfactuals and Scientific Realism
London and Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan (2012)
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This book is a sustained defense of the compatibility of the presence of idealizations in the sciences and scientific realism. So, the book is essentially a detailed response to the infamous arguments raised by Nancy Cartwright to the effect that idealization and scientific realism are incompatible.Author's Profile
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