Inference and Representation
Suarez, Mauricio![Inference and Representation](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/440/44065248/CHSBZCOP0344065248.jpg)
The first comprehensive defense of an inferential conception of scientific representation with applications to art and epistemology. Mauricio Suárez develops a conception of representation that delivers a compelling account of modeling practice. He begins by discussing the history and methodology of model building, charting the emergence of what he calls the modeling attitude, a nineteenth-century and fin de siècle development. Prominent cases...