Scientific Modeling & Scientific Realism: A View from Biological Morphology
In the ongoing philosophical debates between scientific realists and antirealists, scientific modeling is often taken as an exemplar antirealist scientific methodology due to the abstract, idealized, and metaphorical nature of most scientific models. I argue against the antirealist view and in favor...
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LSU
2013
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| Online Access: | http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04152013-104450/ |