Leveraging Distortions: Explanation, Idealization, and Universality in Science

Philosophical Review 132 (3):499-503 (2023)
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A critical review of Collin Rice's book, Leveraging Distortions: Explanation, Idealization, and Universality in Science.

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10.1215/00318108-10469551

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Depth: An Account of Scientific Explanation.Michael Strevens - 2008 - Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Idealization and the Aims of Science.Angela Potochnik - 2017 - Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Understanding, Explanation, and Scientific Knowledge.Kareem Khalifa - 2017 - Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

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