Models as Make-Believe
Imagination, Fiction and Scientific Representation| By: | Adam Toon |
| Publisher: | Springer Nature |
| Print ISBN: | 9780230301214 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781137292230 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2012 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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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.