Scientific Representation and Realism

After a brief presentation of what I take to be the representational démarche in science, I stress the fundamental role of true judgements in model construction. The success and correctness of a representation rests on the truth of judgements which attribute properties to real targeted entities, cal...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Michel Ghins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2011-12-01
Series:Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology
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Online Access:http://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/1808-1711.2011v15n3p461/22390