Abstract
I will discuss the role of the exemplarisation of properties in scientific reasoning, especially in scientific idealisation. After criticising the view that idealisations are fictional objects, I will argue that in scientific idealisation a real object (for example, a gas) is jointly pretended to fit a law.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | From Logic to Art |
| Subtitle of host publication | Themes from Nelson Goodman |
| Publisher | De Gruyter Mouton |
| Pages | 207-218 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783110327199 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783110326741 |
| Publication status | Published - 2 May 2013 |