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