Models as Make-Believe

TRAMA

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.

SOMMARIO

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

AUTORE

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

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9781349336876
• Collana: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science
• Dimensioni: 216 x 140 mm
• Formato: Brossura
• Illustration Notes: XVI, 148 p.
• Pagine Arabe: 148
• Pagine Romane: xvi