Models as Make-Believe Imagination, Fiction and Scientific Representation

Scientists often try to understand the world by building simplified and idealised models of it. Adam Toon develops a new approach to scientific models by comparing them to the dolls and toy trucks of children's imaginative games, and offers a unified framework to solve difficult metaphysical pr...

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Autor principal: Toon, Adam (-)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan 2012.
Colección:New Directions in the Philosophy of Science.
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Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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