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. The revised version contains additional clarifications.

Keywords:Wittgenstein, physical similarity, physically similar systems, Tractatus, model, scale model, dimensional analysis, dimensionless parameter
Subjects:Specific Sciences: Physics: Symmetries/Invariances
ID Code:4488
Deposited By:Sterrett, Susan G.
Deposited On:05 March 2009

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