UID:
almahu_9947414278602882
Format:
1 online resource (xi, 401 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511660108 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Ideas in context ; 52
Content:
Models as Mediators discusses the ways in which models function in modern science, particularly in the fields of physics and economics. Models play a variety of roles in the sciences: they are used in the development, exploration and application of theories and in measurement methods. They also provide instruments for using scientific concepts and principles to intervene in the world. The editors provide a framework which covers the construction and function of scientific models, and explore the ways in which they enable us to learn about both theories and the world. The contributors to the volume offer their own individual theoretical perspectives to cover a wide range of examples of modelling, from physics, economics and chemistry. These papers provide ideal case-study material for understanding both the concepts and typical elements of modelling, using analytical approaches from the philosophy and history of science.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015).
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Models as mediating instruments /
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Models as autonomous agents /
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Built-in justification /
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Ising model, computer simulation, and universal physics /
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Techniques of modelling and paper-tools in classical chemistry /
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Role of models in the application of scientific theories : epistemological implications /
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Knife-edge caricature modelling : the case of Marx's Reproduction Schema /
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Models and the limits of theory : quantum Hamiltonians and the BCS models of superconductivity /
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Past measurements and future prediction /
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Models and stories in hadron physics /
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Learning from models /
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521650977
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511660108
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