Science As Child’s Play. Review of Models as Make-Believe by Adam Toon

Constructivist Foundations 11 (1):182-185 (2015)
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Upshot: Adam Toon’s book is a development in the fictionalist view of scientific modelling. Although his fictionalist account is realistic and representational, Toon’s input to the theory can contribute to the constructivist discourse. The introduction of a direct view on models’ fictions brings this theory close to non-dualism and living practice views

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