Bas C. van Fraassen

Scientific Representation: Paradoxes of Perspective

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ISBN 13:
9780199278237
author:
Bas C. van Fraassen
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Oxford University Press, USA
language:
English
Publication Year:
2010
Pages:
424
Dimensions:
23.2 x 15.6 x 2.6 cm
Genre:
Science & Nature, History & Philosophy, Reference, Philosophy of science, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics, Philosophy / Epistemology, Science, Epistemology,
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New
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£45.07

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Scientific Representation: Paradoxes of Perspective by Bas C. van Fraassen explores how we represent the world through various means such as theories and concrete representations like pictures, graphs, and models. The book begins with an inquiry into the nature of representation in general, drawing on diverse sources including philosophical dialogues and artistic styles. It then presents a view of measurement outcomes as representations, defending an empiricist structuralist version of the 'picture theory' of science through an examination of paradoxes in twentieth-century philosophies of science. Van Fraassen concludes by analyzing the complex relationship between appearance and reality in the scientific world-picture, offering insights into how we represent natural phenomena.

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