Models and the locus of their truth

Synthese

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-63

  Mäki, Uskali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Idealization; Isolation; Representation; Truth; von Th nen

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953237978     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-009-9566-0     Document Type: Article

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