Bas C. van Fraassen. Scientific Representation: Paradoxes of Perspective. Oxford: Oxford University Press2008. Pp. xiv + 408.

2009 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 671-694 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Okruhlik
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Representation ◽  
Van Fraassen ◽  
Oxford University

scholarly journals The Scope of the Construction of Experience in Empiricist Structuralism

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 445-459
Author(s):  
Nelida Gentile
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Models ◽  
Alternative Solution ◽  
Scientific Representation ◽  
Solution Path ◽  
Van Fraassen

In his attempt to put forward an empiricist version of structuralism, van Fraassen develops an approach to scientific representation and models which has been the object of several critiques. Here we cover the “Loss of Reality Objection”, namely, that reality itself would play no role in science if science could only refer to mathematical models. We examine and dismiss the solution offered by van Fraassen. Finally, we offer an alternative solution path.

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