Talk about toy models

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2016.11.002zbMath1358.00100OpenAlexW2550719528MaRDI QIDQ515365

Joshua Luczak

Publication date: 13 March 2017

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2016.11.002

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) General theory of mathematical modeling (00A71) Physics (00A79)

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