?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Reflexive%2C+Symmetric+and+Transitive+Scientific+++Representations&rft.creator=Yaghmaie%2C+Aboutorab&rft.subject=Models+and+Idealization&rft.subject=Quantum+Field+Theory&rft.subject=Statistical+Mechanics%2FThermodynamics&rft.subject=Structure+of+Theories&rft.description=Theories+of+scientific+representation%2C+following+Chakravartty's+categorization%2C+are+divided+into+two+groups.+Whereas+cognitive-functional+views+emphasize+agents'+intentions%2C+informational+theories+stress+the+objective+relation+between+represented+and+representing.+In+the+first+part%2C+a+modified+structuralist+theory+is+introduced+that+takes+into+account+agents'+intentions.+The+second+part+is+devoted+to+dismissing+a+criticism+against+the+structural+account+of+representation+on+which+similarity+as+the+backbone+of+representation+raises+serious+problems%2C+since+it+has+definite+logical+features%2C+i.e.+reflexivity%2C+symmetry+and+transitivity%2C+which+representation+lacks.+Drawing+on+the+representational+relation+between+quantum+and+statistical+field+theories%2C+I+argue+that+scientific+representation+displays+these+logical+features%2C+although+depending+on+the+context+they+may+be+used+or+not.&rft.date=2012-10-15&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fphilsci-archive.pitt.edu%2F9454%2F1%2FReflexive%252C_Symmetric_and_Transitive_Scientific_Representations.pdf&rft.identifier=Yaghmaie%2C+Aboutorab+(2012)+Reflexive%2C+Symmetric+and+Transitive+Scientific+Representations.+[Preprint]&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fphilsci-archive.pitt.edu%2F9454%2