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Scientific representation : paradoxes of perspective /

The author presents an original exploration of how we represent the world. He investigates the nature of representation in both science and art, defends a distinctive position in contemporary philosophy of science, and illuminates the complex relationship between appearance and reality.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Van Fraassen, Bas C., 1941-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2008.
Series:Oxford scholarship online.
Subjects:
Science > Philosophy.
Philosophy.
Science.
Philosophy
Science
Philosophie.
Sciences.
philosophy.
sciences (philosophy)
science (modern discipline)
SCIENCE > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Science > Philosophy
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:The author presents an original exploration of how we represent the world. He investigates the nature of representation in both science and art, defends a distinctive position in contemporary philosophy of science, and illuminates the complex relationship between appearance and reality.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 408 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-397) and index.
ISBN:9780199278220
0199278229
0191557307
9780191557309
9780191707926
0191707929