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Models and theories : a philosophical inquiry /

"Models and theories are of central importance in science, and scientists spend substantial amounts of time building, testing, comparing and revising models and theories. It is therefore not surprising that the nature of scientific models and theories has been a widely debated topic within the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frigg, Roman (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.
Subjects:
Science > Methodology.
Science > Philosophy.
Sciences > Méthodologie.
Science > Methodology
Science > Philosophy
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Theory and language
  • Models in the received view
  • Delineating the observable
  • Framing the theoretical
  • Thinking through structures
  • Representing with structures
  • Family ties
  • Beyond structures
  • Reconsidering representation
  • Analogy
  • Abstraction, approximation, idealisation
  • Limit idealisations and factor exclusions
  • Challenging subordination
  • What are models?
  • Taming abundance
  • The model muddle.