Models

In Sahorta Sarkar & Anya Plutynski (eds.), Companion to the Philosophy of Biology. Blackwell. pp. 506–524 (2008)
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This chapter contains section titled: Itroduction The Received (Syntactic) View of Theories Models and Analogies The Semantic View of Theories Models as Mediators Material Models Conclusion References.

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