Scientific representation : paradoxes of perspective /
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Author / Creator: | Van Fraassen, Bas C., 1941- |
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Imprint: | Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. |
Description: | xiv, 408 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7256474 |
ISBN: | 9780199278220 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0199278229 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [322]-344) and index. |
Summary: | The author presents an original exploration of how we represent the world. He investigates the nature of representation in both science and art, defends a distinctive position in contemporary philosophy of science, and illuminates the complex relationship between appearance and reality. |
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