Scientific models and fictional objects

Synthese

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 215-229

  Contessa, Gabriele ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fictional objects; Scientific models

Indexed keywords

EID: 80755184333     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-009-9503-2     Document Type: Article

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