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How to Do Science with Models

A Philosophical Primer

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Paru le : 2015-12-21



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Taking scientific practice as its starting point, this book charts the complex territory of models used in science. It examines what scientific models are and what their function is. Reliance on models is pervasive in science, and scientists often need to construct models in order to explain or predict anything of interest at all. The diversity of kinds of models one finds in science – ranging from toy models and scale models to theoretical and mathematical models – has attracted attention not only from scientists, but also from philosophers, sociologists, and historians of science. This has given rise to a wide variety of case studies that look at the different uses to which models have been put in specific scientific contexts. By exploring current debates on the use and building of models via cutting-edge examples drawn from physics and biology, the book provides broad insight into the methodology of modelling in the natural sciences. It pairs specific arguments with introductory material relating to the ontology and the function of models, and provides some historical context to the debates as well as a sketch of general positions in the philosophy of scientific models in the process.
Pages
135 pages
Collection
n.c
Parution
2015-12-21
Marque
Springer
EAN papier
9783319279527
EAN PDF
9783319279541
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1
Nombre pages imprimables
13
Taille du fichier
1976 Ko
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79,11 €
EAN EPUB
9783319279541
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Nombre pages copiables
1
Nombre pages imprimables
13
Taille du fichier
666 Ko
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79,11 €
Axel Gelfert is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the National University of Singapore. He holds a PhD in History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Cambridge. His research revolves around issues in the philosophy of science and technology, social epistemology, and the history of philosophy. He is the author of A Critical Introduction to Testimony (London 2014).

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