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

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

Hardcover

Series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science

PhilosophySports GeneralHistory & Philosophy of Science

ISBN10: 0230301215
ISBN13: 9780230301214
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Oct 17 2012
Pages: 148
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.60 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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