Modelling and representing: An artefactual approach to model-based representation

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 262-271

  Knuuttila, Tarja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Epistemic tools; Modelling; Representation; Scientific models

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954578972     PISSN: 00393681     EISSN: 18792510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2010.11.034     Document Type: Article

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