Why does Water Boil? Fictions in Scientific Explanation

In U. Mäki (ed.), Recent Developments in the Philosophy of Science. Springer. pp. 319-330 (2015)
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The paper discuses whether the mathematical singularities characterizing first-order phase transitions are 'fictions'.

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