How do models give us knowledge? The case of Carnot's ideal heat engine

European Journal for Philosophy of Science

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 309-334

  Knuuttila, Tarja ^a   Boon, Mieke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carnot; Engineering sciences; Epistemic tools; Heat engine; Modelling; Representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863534025     PISSN: 18794912     EISSN: 18794920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13194-011-0029-3     Document Type: Article

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