Chapter ID: CBB000301284

Maxwell and “the Method of Physical Analogy”: Model-based Reasoning, Generic Abstraction, and Conceptual Change (2002)

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Nersessian, Nancy J. (Author)


Pages: 129--166
Publication date: 2002
Language: English


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Authors & Contributors
Gissis, Snait B.
Goldstein, Bernard R.
Bokulich, Alisa
Brenni, Paolo
Brown, Daniel
Brückner, Martin
Journals
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
British Journal for the History of Science
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
Foundations of Chemistry
Publishers
University of Minnesota Press
Concepts
Models and modeling in science
Metaphors; analogies
Physics
Electromagnetism
Philosophy of science
Abstraction
People
Maxwell, James Clerk
Faraday, Michael
Lodge, Oliver
Boltzmann, Ludwig
Durkheim, Émile
Feyerabend, Paul K.
Time Periods
19th century
17th century
18th century
20th century
20th century, early
21st century
Places
Great Britain
France
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