Scientific representation
Subtitle: paradoxes of perspective
By: Bas C. van Fraassen.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780199278220
Subjects: Science -- Philosophy.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [322]-344) and index.