Missing systems and the face value practice

Synthese

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 283-299

  Thomson Jones, Martin ^a  

^a OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Giere; Idealization; Models; Scientific representation; Semantic view; Theory structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870381959     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-009-9507-y     Document Type: Article

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