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