Scientific Representation and Nominalism: An Empiricist View

Can a constructive empiricist make sense of scientific representation? Usually, a scientific model is an abstract entity (e.g., formulated in set theory), and scientific representation is conceptualized as an intentional relation between scientific models and certain aspects of the world. On this co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Otávio Bueno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2008-12-01
Series:Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology
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Online Access:http://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/16014/14516