Scientific models and fictional objects |
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| Authors: | Gabriele Contessa |
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| Institution: | (1) Philosophy Department, Harvard University, Emerson Hall, Cambridge, 02138, MA, USA |
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| Abstract: | In this paper, I distinguish scientific models in three kinds on the basis of their ontological status—material models, mathematical
models and fictional models, and develop and defend an account of fictional models as fictional objects—i.e. abstract objects
that stand for possible concrete objects. |
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