Models as Make-Believe
Models as Make-Believe
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Summary
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 | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781349336876 |
| ISBN 10 | 1349336874 |
| Title | Models as Make-Believe |
| Author | Adam Toon |
| Series | New Directions In The Philosophy Of Science |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Year published | 2012-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 148 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |