Models as Make-Believe - E-book

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Models As Make-believe - ENG

Imagination, Fiction And Scientific Representation

Adam Toon

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ISBN:	9781137292230
Formato:	Page Fidelity
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Springer Nature
Tema:	Ciencia
Subtema:	Aspectos Filosóficos y Sociales
Año de publicación:	2012-10-17

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 childrens imaginative games, and offers a unified framework to solve difficult metaphysical problems and help to make sense of scientific practice.

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