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In the previous chapters, we have seen how the make-believe view may be developed to provide a general account of scientific models, and how this account allows us to solve some important philosophical problems posed by models. We will now ask whether the make-believe view is supported when we look to the practice of modelling in science.
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Toon, A. (2012). Carbon in Cardboard. In: Models as Make-Believe. New Directions in the Philosophy of Science. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137292230_5
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