Scientific representation : (Record no. 132766)
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| control field | 4495554 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | BD-DhUL |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20161208101726.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 080418s2008 enka b 001 0 eng |
| 015 ## - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER | |
| National bibliography number | GBA865664 |
| Source | bnb |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780199278220 (hbk.) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0199278229 (hbk.) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UKM |
| Transcribing agency | UKM |
| Modifying agency | BTCTA |
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| -- | YDXCP |
| -- | BWKUK |
| -- | BD-DhUL |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | Q175 |
| Item number | .V3356 2008 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 501 |
| Edition number | 22 |
| Item number | FRS |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Van Fraassen, Bas C. |
| Dates associated with a name | 1941- |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Scientific representation : |
| Remainder of title | paradoxes of perspective / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Bas C. van Fraassen. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Oxford : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Oxford University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2008. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xiv, 408 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 25 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references (p. [322]-344) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction. The 'picture theory of science' -- Pt. I. Representation -- 1. Representation of, Representation As -- 2. Imaging, Picturing, and Scaling -- 3. Pictorial Perspective and the Indexical -- Pt. II. Windows, Engines, and Measurement -- 4. A Window on the Invisible World (?) -- 5. The Problem of Coordination -- 6. Measurement as Representation: 1. The Physical Correlate -- 7. Measurement as Representation: 2. Information -- Pt. III. Structure and Perspective -- 8. From the Bildtheorie of Science to Paradox -- 9. The Longest Journey: Bertrand Russell -- 10. Carnap's Lost World and Putnam's Paradox -- 11. An Empiricist Structuralism -- Pt. IV. Appearance and Reality -- 12. Appearance vs. Reality in the Sciences -- 13. Rejecting the Appearance from Reality Criterion -- Appendix to CH 1. Models and theories as representations -- Appendix to CH 6. Quantum peculiarities: fuzzy observables -- Appendix to CH 7. Surface models and their embeddings -- Appendix to CH 13. Retreat (?) from The Scientific Image. |
| 520 1# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "Bas C. van Fraassen presents an original exploration of how we represent the world. Science represents natural phenomena by means of theories, as well as in many concrete ways by such means as pictures, graphs, table-top models, and computer simulations. Scientific Representation begins with an inquiry into the nature of representation in general, drawing on such diverse sources as Plato's dialogues, the development of perspectival drawing in the Renaissance, and the geometric styles of modelling in modern physics. Starting with Mach's and Poincare's analyses of measurement and the 'problem of coordination', van Fraassen then presents a view of measurement outcomes as representations. With respect to the theories of contemporary science he defends an empiricist structuralist version of the 'picture theory' of science, through an inquiry into the paradoxes that came to light in twentieth-century philosophies of science. Van Fraassen concludes with an analysis of the complex relationship between appearance and reality in the scientific world-picture."--BOOK JACKET. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Science |
| General subdivision | Philosophy. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Price effective from | Date last seen | Permanent Location | Not for loan | Date acquired | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Koha item type | Lost status | Withdrawn status | Copy number | Source of acquisition | Collection code | Damaged status | Shelving location | Barcode | Current Location | Full call number |
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| 2016-12-08 | 2016-12-08 | Dhaka University Library | 2016-12-08 | Books | 1 | Purchased | Non Fiction | General Stacks | 464362 | Dhaka University Library | 501 FRS | |||||
| 2016-12-08 | 2016-12-08 | Dhaka University Library | 2016-12-08 | Books | 2 | Purchased | Non Fiction | General Stacks | 464363 | Dhaka University Library | 501 FRS |