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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'. [Preprint]

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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.


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Sterrett, Susan
Keywords: Wittgenstein, physical similarity, physically similar systems, Tractatus, model, scale model, dimensional analysis, dimensionless parameter
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances
Depositing User: Dr Susan G. Sterrett
Date Deposited: 02 Mar 2009
Last Modified: 07 Oct 2010 15:17
Item ID: 4478
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances
Date: February 2009
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/4478

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