Understanding through modeling: the explanatory power of inadequate representation

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Synthese 192 (12):3777-3780 (2015)
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How scientific models can explain.Alisa Bokulich - 2011 - Synthese 180 (1):33 - 45.
How models are used to represent reality.Ronald N. Giere - 2004 - Philosophy of Science 71 (5):742-752.

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