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

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By (author): 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. See more
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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
  • Publication Date: 17 Oct 2012
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780230301214

About Adam Toon

ADAM TOON is Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Exeter.

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