Theories: Tools versus models

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-81

  Suárez, Mauricio ^a   Cartwright, Nancy ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Instrumentalism; Models; Phenomena; Structures; Superconductivity; Theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149058924     PISSN: 13552198     EISSN: 18792502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsb.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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