Models as Make-Believe
Models as Make-Believe
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Zusammenfassung
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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Models as Make-Believe by Adam Toon
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.
ADAM TOON is Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Exeter.
| SKU | Nicht verfügbar |
| ISBN 13 | 9781349336876 |
| ISBN 10 | 1349336874 |
| Titel | Models as Make-Believe |
| Autor | Adam Toon |
| Serie | New Directions In The Philosophy Of Science |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2012-01-01 |
| Seitenanzahl | 148 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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