Science As Child’s Play. Review of Models as Make-Believe by Adam Toon
Jacek Olender
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Upshot: Adam Toon’s book is a development in the fictionalist view of scientific modelling. Although his fictionalist account is realistic and representational, Toon’s input to the theory can contribute to the constructivist discourse. The introduction of a direct view on models’ fictions brings this theory close to non-dualism and living practice views.
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Olender J. (2015) Science as child’s play. Review of models as make-believe by adam toon. Constructivist Foundations 11(1): 182–185. http://constructivist.info/11/1/182
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