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Leveraging distortions : explanation, idealization, and universality in science / Collin Rice.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rice, Collin, author.
- Series:
- The MIT Press
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Causation.
- Science--Philosophy.
- Science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "An original argument about how scientific models often times distort reality rather than accurately reflect it. And it's this distortion that often gives scientific models their epistemic power"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-36582-0
- 0-262-36583-9
- OCLC:
- 1259691667
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