期刊名称:THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science
印刷版ISSN:2171-679X
出版年度:2006
卷号:21
期号:1
页码:49-65
DOI:10.1387/theoria.553
语种:English
出版社:UPV/EHU - University of the Basque Country
摘要:Models represent their target systems in one way or another. But what does it mean for a model to represent something beyond itself? This paper details different aspects of this problem and argues that the semantic view of theories does not provide us with an adequate response to any of these.
关键词:scientific representation, models, semantic view of theories, isomorphism, similarity.