Idealization, Abduction, and Progressive Scientific Change
After a brief comparison of Aliseda’s account with different approaches to abductive reasoning, I try to relate abduction, understood in terms like those of Aliseda, to another concept which also occupies a very important role in scientific change: idealization. In particular, I try to reveal some i...
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| description | After a brief comparison of Aliseda’s account with different approaches to abductive reasoning, I try to relate abduction, understood in terms like those of Aliseda, to another concept which also occupies a very important role in scientific change: idealization. In particular, I try to reveal some interesting aspects related to notions like approximation and empirical progress. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ffff0dae10344dd7a16f730d7d43e2d22022-12-22T02:47:52ZengUniversity of the Basque CountryTheoria0495-45482171-679X2009-12-0122333133810.1387/theoria.454460Idealization, Abduction, and Progressive Scientific ChangeXavier de Donato-RodríguezAfter a brief comparison of Aliseda’s account with different approaches to abductive reasoning, I try to relate abduction, understood in terms like those of Aliseda, to another concept which also occupies a very important role in scientific change: idealization. In particular, I try to reveal some interesting aspects related to notions like approximation and empirical progress.http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/view/454abduction, non-monotonic reasoning, idealization, approximation, Kepler-Newton case, empirical progress, scientific change |
| spellingShingle | Xavier de Donato-Rodríguez Idealization, Abduction, and Progressive Scientific Change Theoria abduction, non-monotonic reasoning, idealization, approximation, Kepler-Newton case, empirical progress, scientific change |
| title | Idealization, Abduction, and Progressive Scientific Change |
| title_full | Idealization, Abduction, and Progressive Scientific Change |
| title_fullStr | Idealization, Abduction, and Progressive Scientific Change |
| title_full_unstemmed | Idealization, Abduction, and Progressive Scientific Change |
| title_short | Idealization, Abduction, and Progressive Scientific Change |
| title_sort | idealization abduction and progressive scientific change |
| topic | abduction, non-monotonic reasoning, idealization, approximation, Kepler-Newton case, empirical progress, scientific change |
| url | http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/view/454 |
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