Against Magnitude Realism

In recent work, Christopher Peacocke has argued for a kind of realism (or anti-reductionism) about magnitudes such as temperature and spatial distance. Peacocke’s argument is that magnitudes are an ineliminable commitment of scientific and everyday explanations (including high-level explanations),...

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Main Author: Geoffrey Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) 2023-05-01
Series:Crítica
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Online Access:https://critica.filosoficas.unam.mx/index.php/critica/article/view/1407
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