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Models as Make-Believe: Imagination, Fiction and Scientific Representation

Models as Make-Believe: Imagination, Fiction and Scientific Representation

Paperback

Series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science

PhilosophySports GeneralHistory & Philosophy of Science

ISBN10: 1349336874
ISBN13: 9781349336876
Publisher: Palgrave
Published: Jan 1 2012
Pages: 148
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.36 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
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 problems and help to make sense of scientific practice.

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