Theories, Fictions and Truth May 7, 2007
Posted by sumesh in Cartoons, Culture, Fun/humour, Philosophy of Science, Science.trackback
It makes a good cartoon to characterize theories as fictions.
It is from
http://xkcd.com/
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Sumesh. M. K., I'm a researcher in Philosophy of Mind/Cognitive Science. I'm in Mumbai/Bombay at present. My long-term research interest is to understand the delicate problem(s) of Mental Representation and to lay bare its general character.
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