Reconstructing reality : models, mathematics, and simulations /

This text examines issues related to the way modelling and simulation enable us to reconstruct aspects of the world we are investigating. It also investigates the processes by which we extract concrete knowledge from those reconstructions and how that knowledge is legitimated.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morrison, Margaret, 1954- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Series:Oxford studies in philosophy of science.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This text examines issues related to the way modelling and simulation enable us to reconstruct aspects of the world we are investigating. It also investigates the processes by which we extract concrete knowledge from those reconstructions and how that knowledge is legitimated.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199380299
0199380295
0199380287
9780199380282