Historical Context and Philosophy of Science: Reply to Peter Simons' 'Coincidence and Kite-Flying'

Sterrett, Susan (2009) Historical Context and Philosophy of Science: Reply to Peter Simons' 'Coincidence and Kite-Flying' .

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Abstract

This essay responds to a review of my book Wittgenstein Flies A Kite: A Story of Models of Wings and Models of the World by Peter Simons that appears in the March 2009 issue of the journal Metascience.

Keywords:Wittgenstein, physical similarity, physically similar systems, Tractatus, model, scale model, dimensional analysis, dimensionless parameter
Subjects:Specific Sciences: Physics: Symmetries/Invariances
ID Code:4478
Deposited By:Sterrett, Susan G.
Deposited On:02 March 2009

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