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  • Approximations may involve counterfactual assumptions (nor permitted by the fundamental rules).

    The Unity of Science Cat, Jordi 2007

  • Approximations may be context-dependent or context-independent.

    The Unity of Science Cat, Jordi 2007

  • The University of Chicago Chronicle has a feature article up on William Wimsatt, the university's Peter B. Ritzma Professor in Philosophy and Evolutionary Biology and the author of Re-Engineering Philosophy for Limited Beings: Piecewise Approximations to Reality, an intellectual tour in which the "visionary" thinker seeks to offer a philosophy for error-prone humans trying to understand messy systems in the real world.

    Re-engineering Philosophy 2007

  • The University of Chicago Chronicle has a feature article up on William Wimsatt, the university's Peter B. Ritzma Professor in Philosophy and Evolutionary Biology and the author of Re-Engineering Philosophy for Limited Beings: Piecewise Approximations to Reality, an intellectual tour in which the "visionary" thinker seeks to offer a philosophy for error-prone humans trying to understand messy systems in the real world.

    Harvard University Press Publicity Blog : 2007

  • Approximations may be corrigible, incorrigible in practice, or incorrigible in principle.

    The Unity of Science Cat, Jordi 2007

  • Approximations may involve: only mathematically justified procedures (such as taking limits), only procedures justified by rule from the fundamental realm, both, or neither.

    The Unity of Science Cat, Jordi 2007

  • Approximations are introduced in a mathematical context.

    Models in Science Frigg, Roman 2006

  • Approximations have to be made and validation with measurements are necessary.

    Truth Machines « Climate Audit 2006

  • Approximations to it have been incorporated into the laws of various peoples.

    A Handbook of Ethical Theory George Stuart Fullerton

  • Approximations have, of course, been made, and, as might be expected, vary greatly in results.

    The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races Emory Adams Allen

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