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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Minimal Model Explanations.Robert W. Batterman & Collin C. Rice - 2014 - Philosophy of Science 81 (3):349-376.

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