SECCIÓN MONOGRÁFICA: Scientific Representation. Introduction

Theoria 21 (1):49-65 (2010)
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Abstract

Models represent their target systems in one way or another. But what does it mean for a model to represent something beyond itself? This paper details different aspects of this problem and argues that the semantic view of theories does not provide us with an adequate response to any of these.

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José Antonio Díez Calzada
Universitat de Barcelona
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London School of Economics

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