Introduction
Part 1: Scientific Realism and the Non-literal View of Idealization
Chapter 1 - Scientific Models and the Map Problem
Chapter 2 - Idealization: The Standard View
Chapter 3 - Idealization: The Non-literal View
Chapter 4: Idealization and Scientific Realism
Part 2: Implications for Cognitive Science
Chapter 5 - Idealization and Neural Representation
Chapter 6 - Idealization and Content in Computational Modeling
Chapter 7 - Idealization and the Mechanistic Theory of Computation
Chapter 8 - Idealization, Multiple Models and Pluralism
Chapter 9 - Idealization and a Grand Unifying Theory of the Brain (case study)
Chapter 10 - Idealization and Fictionalism in Science and Cognitive Science
Concluding remarks: The idealized mind
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