Novel approaches to models: Mauricio Suárez : Fictions in science: philosophical essays on modeling and idealization, Routledge, New York, 2009, vii + 282 pp, US$118 HB [Book Review]

Metascience 19 (2):285-288 (2010)

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This paper is a review of Suarez, M. (ed.) Fictions in Science (Routledge).

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Philosophy Philosophy of Science Scientific models

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Approximation in General Philosophy of Science

Idealization in General Philosophy of Science

Scientific Representation in General Philosophy of Science

The Nature of Models in General Philosophy of Science

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10.1007/s11016-010-9388-1

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