Scientific representation [electronic resource] : paradoxes of perspective / by Bas C. van Fraassen.

By:

Van Fraassen, Bas C, 1941-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 408 p.) : illISBN:

9780191707926 (ebook) :

Subject(s):

Science -- Philosophy

Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:

501 22

LOC classification:

Q175

Online resources:

Oxford scholarship online

Summary: The author presents an original exploration of how we represent the world. He investigates the nature of representation in both science and art, defends a distinctive position in contemporary philosophy of science, and illuminates the complex relationship between appearance and reality.

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The author presents an original exploration of how we represent the world. He investigates the nature of representation in both science and art, defends a distinctive position in contemporary philosophy of science, and illuminates the complex relationship between appearance and reality.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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