On Scientific RepresentationS

ISBN: 9780230522084

出版社: Palgrave Macmillan

出版年: 2007-7

页数: 272

定价: $ 118.65

装帧: HRD

内容简介

Scientific concepts, laws, theories, models and thought experiments are representations but uniquely different. In On Scientific Representation each is given a full philosophical exploration within an original, coherent philosophical framework that is strongly rooted in the Kantian tradition (Kant, Hertz, Vaihinger, Cassirer). Through a revisionist historical approach, Boniolo shows how the Kantian tradition can help us renew and rethink contemporary issues in epistemology and the philosophy of science.