There Is No Special Problem About Scientific Representation

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Theoria 21 (1):67-85 (2010)
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We propose that scientific representation is a special case of a more general notion of representation, and that the relatively well worked-out and plausible theories of the latter are directly applicable to the scientific special case.

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10.1387/theoria.554

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Jonathan Cohen
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Craig Callender
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