Models as Make-Believe

Imagination, Fiction and Scientific Representation
2012. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-230-30121-4
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 148 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 363 g

Reihe: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Toon, Adam

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Models and Representation What Models Are How Models Represent Carbon in Cardboard Playing with Molecules Conclusion Notes References Index

Über Autor(innen)

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