书目名称 | Models and Inferences in Science |
编辑 | Emiliano Ippoliti,Fabio Sterpetti,Thomas Nickles |
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概述 | Offers a coherent, multidisciplinary overview of the use and construction of models and inferences in various scientific fields.Compares the concepts of models and science, and the concepts of models |
丛书名称 | Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics |
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描述 | .The book answers long-standing questions on scientific modeling andinference across multiple perspectives and disciplines, including logic,mathematics, physics and medicine. The different chapters cover a variety ofissues, such as the role models play in scientific practice; the way scienceshapes our concept of models; ways of modeling the pursuit of scientificknowledge; the relationship between our concept of models and our concept ofscience. The book also discusses models and scientific explanations; models inthe semantic view of theories; the applicability of mathematical models to thereal world and their effectiveness; the links between models and inferences;and models as a means for acquiring new knowledge. It analyzes differentexamples of models in physics, biology, mathematics and engineering. Writtenfor researchers and graduate students, it provides a cross-disciplinaryreference guide to the notion and the use of models and inferences in science.. |
出版日期 | Book 2016 |
关键词 | Notion of Models; Models in Scientific Practice; Notion of Representation; Notion of Inference; Adequacy |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28163-6 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-80287-9 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-28163-6Series ISSN 2192-6255 Series E-ISSN 2192-6263 |
issn_series | 2192-6255 |
copyright | Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 |