Scientific Representation: Paradoxes of Perspective

by Bas C. Van Fraassen

Book Overview

Bas C. van Fraassen presents an original exploration of how we represent the world. Science represents natural phenomena by means of theories, as well as in many concrete ways by such means as pictures, graphs, table-top models, and computer simulations. Scientific Representation begins with an inquiry into the nature of representation in general, drawing on such diverse sources as Plato's dialogues, the development of perspectival drawing in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199278229
• ISBN13: 9780199278220
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"