Theories: tools versus models

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2007.05.004zbMath1282.82054OpenAlexW2138499061MaRDI QIDQ2437029

Nancy Cartwright, Mauricio Suárez

Publication date: 27 February 2014

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: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/3577/1/Theories_-_tools_vs._models_final_version.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

modelssuperconductivitystructurestheoriesinstrumentalismphenomena

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of superconductors (82D55) Physics (00A79)

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