Models as Epistemic Tools in Engineering Sciences

Philosophy of Technology and Engineering Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 693-726

  Boon, Mieke ^a   Knuuttila, Tarja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-51667-1.50030-6     Document Type: Chapter

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