Science and Partial Truth: A Unitary Approach to Models and Scientific Reasoning by Newton C. A. da Costa (Institute of Advanced Studies, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Sao Paolo)
Da Costa and French explore the consequences of adopting a "pragmatic" notion of truth in the philosophy of science--in other words, accepting a theory as valid when it may only be partially true rather than wholly true. Their framework sheds new light on issues dealing with belief, theory acceptance, and the realism-antirealism debate, as well as the nature of scientific models and their heuristic development.