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 problems and help to make sense of scientific practice.

Author: Adam Toon
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 10/17/2012
Pages: 148
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780230301214

About the Author
ADAM TOON is Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Exeter.