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Book Reviews

Models as Make-believe: Imagination, Fiction and Scientific Representation

Pages 447-450 | Published online: 23 Apr 2014

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  • Walton, K. 1990. Mimesis as Make-believe: On the Foundations of the Representational Arts. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

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