Infinite idealizations in science

An introduction

Samuel C. Fletcher, Patricia Palacios, Laura Ruetsche, Elay Shech

1657-1669

Infinity and the foundations of linguistics

Ryan M. Nefdt

1671-1711

The structure of asymptotic idealization

Michael Strevens

1713-1731

Combining finite and infinite elements

why do we use infinite idealizations in engineering?

Silvia de Bianchi

1733-1748

Minimal approximations and Norton's dome

Samuel C. Fletcher

1749-1760

On the paradox of reversible processes in thermodynamics

Giovanni Valente

1761-1781

Stars and steam engines

to what extent do thermodynamics and statistical mechanics apply to self-gravitating systems?

Katie Robertson

1783-1808

Point-particle explanations

the case of gravitational waves

Wayne K. Andrew

1809-1829

Deduction and definability in infinite statistical systems

Benjamin H. Feintzeig

1831-1861

The paradox of phase transitions in the light of constructive mathematics

Pauline van Wierst

1863-1884

Infinite idealization and contextual realism

Chuang Liu

1885-1918

Discontinuities and singularities, data and phenomena

for referentialism

Sorin Bangu

1919-1937

Infinite lies and explanatory ties

idealization in phase transitions

Sam Baron

1939-1961

Infinitesimal idealization, easy road nominalism, and fractional quantum statistics

Elay Shech

1963-1990

The role of idealizations in the Aharonov–Bohm effect

John Earman

1991-2019

Knowledge and the permissibility of action

N. Pinillos

2021-2043

Naïve realism about unconscious perception

Paweł Jakub Zięba

2045-2073

Is open-mindedness truth-conducive?

MADISON

2075-2087

Semantic relativism and ways of knowing

Leonid Tarasov

2089-2109