Reconstructing reality : models, mathematics, and simulations /

This text examines issues related to the way modelling and simulation enable us to reconstruct aspects of the world we are investigating. It also investigates the processes by which we extract concrete knowledge from those reconstructions and how that knowledge is legitimated.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Morrison, Margaret, 1954- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Series:	Oxford studies in philosophy of science.
Subjects:	Science > Mathematical models. Physics > Mathematical models. Mathematics > Philosophy. Sciences > Modèles mathématiques. Physique > Modèles mathématiques. Mathématiques > Philosophie. Mathematics > Philosophy Physics > Mathematical models Science > Mathematical models Electronic books.
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