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Isabelle F. Peschard and Bas C. van Fraassen (Eds.): The Experimental Side of Modeling

(Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol 21). University of Minnesota Press, Minnesota, 2018, 336 pp., $ 40,00 (Paperback), ISBN: 978-1-5179-0534-7

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Currie, A. Isabelle F. Peschard and Bas C. van Fraassen (Eds.): The Experimental Side of Modeling. J Gen Philos Sci 51, 499–502 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10838-020-09504-8

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