Axel Gelfert: How to Do Science with Models

Cover: 9783319279527 | How to Do Science with Models | A Philosophical Primer | Axel Gelfert

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Beschreibung

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.

Über den Autor

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).

Zusammenfassung

Places scientific practice at the centre of the philosophy of models

Provides material for a comprehensive theory of scientific representation

Can be used as a primer and introduction to cutting-edge research questions

Sheds new light on how mathematical notation and formalisms guide model construction

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: What are Scientific Models? Chapter 2: Scientific Representation and the Uses of Scientific Models.- Chapter 3: Strategies of Model-Building: Examples from Scientific Practice.- Chapter 4: The Question of Trade-Offs.- Chapter 5: Scientific Models as Contributors to Inquiry.- Chapter 6: The Embodied Dimension of Models.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2016
Genre:	Philosophie
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	SpringerBriefs in Philosophy
Inhalt:	X 135 S. 1 s/w Illustr. 7 farbige Illustr. 135 p. 8 illus. 7 illus. in color.
ISBN-13:	9783319279527
ISBN-10:	3319279521
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Gelfert, Axel
Auflage:	1st ed. 2016
Hersteller:	Springer International Publishing Springer International Publishing AG SpringerBriefs in Philosophy
Maße:	235 x 155 x 9 mm
Von/Mit:	Axel Gelfert
Erscheinungsdatum:	08.02.2016
Gewicht:	0,236 kg

Artikel-ID: 104125983