Adam Toon

Broschiertes Buch

Models as Make-Believe

Imagination, Fiction and Scientific Representation

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

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

Produktdetails

• New Directions in the Philosophy of Science
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-33687-6
• 1st ed. 2012
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 220g
• ISBN-13: 9781349336876
• ISBN-10: 1349336874
• Artikelnr.: 45081266