What is the fallacy of approximation?
Many philosophers appeal to the “fallacy of approximation”, or “problem of second best”. However, despite the pervasiveness of such appeals, there has been only a single attempt to provide a systematic account of what the fallacy is. We identify the shortcomings of this account and propose a better...
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Main Authors: | HAMMERTON, Matthew, PATRA, Sovan |
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2022
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Online Access: | https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3671 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4929/viewcontent/FallacyofApproximation_av.pdf |
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