Leveraging distortions : explanation, idealization, and universality in science /

"An original argument about how scientific models often times distort reality rather than accurately reflect it. And it's this distortion that often gives scientific models their epistemic power"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rice, Collin (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:"An original argument about how scientific models often times distort reality rather than accurately reflect it. And it's this distortion that often gives scientific models their epistemic power"--
Physical Description:1 online resource.
ISBN:0262365820
9780262365826
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/13784.001.0001