Models as Make-Believe

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.

Publication Year: 2012
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: H
Weight (Gram): 342