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Idealization and the aims of science is a fantastic book in it potochnik argues for a compelling global picture of how science works one that seeks to clarify how the practice of science relates both to human cognitive capacities and to the world we seek to understand the book is ecumenical yet concise. Science and there are many intertwined reasons to idealize moreover i develop the view that idealizations actually play a direct representational role as a result the practice of idealization does not t within expected bounds idealizations are both pervasive and ineliminable in science 21 causal patterns in the face of complexity. Science is the study of our world as it is in its messy reality nonetheless science requires idealization to function if we are to attempt to understand the world we have to find ways to reduce its complexity idealization and the aims of science shows just how crucial idealization is to science and why it matters. Science is the study of our world as it is in its messy reality nonetheless science requires idealization to function if we are to attempt to understand the world we have to find ways to reduce its complexity idealization and the aims of science shows just how crucial idealization is to