The insidiously enchanted forrest
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Scientific Representation: Paradoxes of Perspective (henceforth: Representation), B.C. van Fraassen’s most recent, 400 page contribution to the philosophy of science, is contemporary, varied, systematic, historical, exciting, provocative, empiricist, pragmatist, profound, sometimes sketchy and accessible. We ground these judgments subsequently whilst treating most of the topics of Representation in more detail.
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