There is no special problem about scientific representation

Theoria-Revista De Teoria Historia Y Fundamentos De La Ciencia

Volumn 21, Issue 55, 2006, Pages 67-85

  Callender, Craig ^a   Cohen, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental representation; Models; Scientific representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84909200444     PISSN: 04954548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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