Frigg, Roman and Nguyen, James (2016) The Fiction View of Models Reloaded. [Preprint]
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Abstract
In this paper we explore the constraints that our preferred account of scientific representation places on the ontology of scientific models. Pace the Direct Representation view associated with Arnon Levy and Adam Toon we argue that scientific models should be thought of as imagined systems, and clarify the relationship between imagination and representation.
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| Keywords: | fiction, model, representation, denotation, exemplification, Goodman, Elgin | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Models and Idealization | |||||||||
| Depositing User: | Roman Frigg | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 31 Jul 2017 01:04 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 31 Jul 2017 01:04 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 13279 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Models and Idealization | |||||||||
| Date: | August 2016 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/13279 |
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