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The manifest image and the scientific image

Bas C. van Fraassen

pp. 29-52

Abstract

Let me begin with a question: how well does science represent the world? How well does it describe nature, us, and our relation to nature? Does it give an adequate, exact, accurate picture, which shows what there is in the world and what it is like?

Publication details

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Aerts Diederik, Broekaert Jan, Mathijs Ernest (1999) Einstein meets Magritte: an interdisciplinary reflection: the white book of "Einstein meets Magritte". Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 29-52

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-4704-0_3

Full citation:

van Fraassen Bas C (1999) „The manifest image and the scientific image“, In: D. Aerts, J. Broekaert & E. Mathijs (eds.), Einstein meets Magritte: an interdisciplinary reflection, Dordrecht, Springer, 29–52.