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Models as Make-Believe: Imagination, Fiction and Scientific Representation (New Directions in the Philosophy of Science)
Adam Toon
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Description for Models as Make-Believe: Imagination, Fiction and Scientific Representation (New Directions in the Philosophy of Science)
Hardcover. 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. Series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 164 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Series
New Directions in the Philosophy of Science
Number of Pages
148
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230301214
SKU
V9780230301214
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99-15
About Adam Toon
ADAM TOON is Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Exeter.
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