Scientific Representation

by Roman Frigg and James Nguyen

This Element presents a philosophical exploration of the notion of scientific representation. It does so by focussing on an important class of scientific representations, namely scientific models. Models are important in the scientific process because scientists can study a model to discover features of reality. But what does it mean for something to represent something else? This is the question discussed in this Element. The authors begin by disentangling...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 100900915X
• ISBN13: 9781009009157
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 75 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"