Fictions in Science: Philosophical Essays on Modeling and Idealization (Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Band 4) - Hardcover

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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.

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Mauricio Suárez is Associate Professor in Logic and Philosophy of Science at Madrid's Complutense University. His main research interests lie in the philosophy of physics and general epistemology of science, and he has published widely in both areas.

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ISBN 10:  0415887925 ISBN 13:  9780415887922
Verlag: Routledge, 2010
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