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Suppe 1977 Van Fraassen 1980) scientific inquiry and explanation is largely a matter of the construction of models. According to the semantic view of scientific theories (esp. An emphasis on the role of models in scientific explanation has been one of the central characteristics of the semantic tradition in the philosophy of science (Suppes 1962 Van Fraassen 1980).
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