Fictions in science
philosophical essays on modeling and idealization
- ISBN: 9780415990356
- Editorial: Routledge
- Fecha de la edición: 2009
- Lugar de la edición: New York. Estados Unidos de Norteamérica
- Colección: Routledge studies in the philosophy of science
- Encuadernación: Cartoné
- Medidas: 24 cm
- Nº Pág.: 282
- Idiomas: Inglés
Papel: Cartoné
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Science is popularly understood as being an ideal of impartial algorithmic objectivity that provides a realistic description of the world. The essays collected in this book challenge this popular image right at its heart, taking as their starting point that science trades not only in truth, but in fiction.
