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Models as Make-Believe - Imagination, Fiction and Scientific Representation (Paperback, 1st ed. 2012) Loot Price: R1,366
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Models as Make-Believe - Imagination, Fiction and Scientific Representation (Paperback, 1st ed. 2012): Adam Toon

Models as Make-Believe - Imagination, Fiction and Scientific Representation (Paperback, 1st ed. 2012)

Adam Toon

Series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science

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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.

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Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science
Release date: 2012
First published: 2012
Authors: Adam Toon
Dimensions: 216 x 140mm (L x W)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 148
Edition: 1st ed. 2012
ISBN-13: 978-1-349-33687-6
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science
Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics
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LSN: 1-349-33687-4
Barcode: 9781349336876

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