Da Costa and French explore the consequences of adopting a 'pragmatic' notion of truth in the philosophy of science. Their framework sheds new light on issues to do with belief, theory acceptance, and the realism-antirealism debate, as well as the nature of scientific models and their heuristic development. Series: Oxford Studies in the Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 561. . 2003. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Science and Partial Truth: A Unitary Approach to Models and Scientific Reasoning (Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science)
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Publication Date: 2003
Language: English
ISBN 10: 019515651X
ISBN 13: 9780195156515
Binding: Hardcover
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In the past thirty years, two fundamental issues have emerged in the philosophy of science. One concerns the appropriate attitude we should take towards scientific theories--whether we should regard them as true or merely empirically adequate, for example. The other concerns the nature of scientific theories and models and how these might best be represented.

In this ambitious book, da Costa and French bring these two issues together by arguing that theories and models should be regarded as partially rather than wholly true. They adopt a framework that sheds new light on issues to do with belief, theory acceptance, and the realism-antirealism debate. The new machinery of "partial structures" that they develop offers a new perspective from which to view the nature of scientific models and their heuristic development. Their conclusions will be of wide interest to philosophers and historians of science.

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Newton da Costa is a Member of the Research Group on Logic and Foundations at the Institute of Advanced Study of the University of S�o Paolo.

Steven French is Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds.

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