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Year: 2010

Series: Synthese

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Gabriele Contessa (ed), The ontology of scientific models, Synthese 172 (2), 2010.

The ontology of scientific models

Contents

Introduction

Gabriele Contessa

193-195

Informational versus functional theories of scientific representation

Anjan Chakravartty

197-213

Scientific models and fictional objects

Gabriele Contessa

215-229

Keeping quiet on the ontology of models

Steven French

231-249

Models and fiction

Roman Frigg

251-268

An agent-based conception of models and scientific representation

Ronald N. Giere

269-281

Missing systems and the face value practice

Martin Thomson-Jones

283-299

The ontology of theoretical modelling

Models as make-believe

Adam Toon

301-315