Models and Inferences in Science
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-80287-9 (ISBN)
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.
Modelling and Inferring in Science.- On 'The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics inthe Natural Sciences'.- Fast and Frugal Heuristicsat Research Frontiers.- ScientificRealism, the Semantic View and Evolutionary Biology.- Models of the Skies.- Models of Scienceand Models in Science.- Mechanistic Models andModeling Disorders.- Chaos and Stochastic Models in Physics.- Ways of Advancing Knowledge. A Lesson from Knot Theoryand Topology.- Models, Idealisations, and Realist Commitments.- Modelling Non-EmpiricalConfirmation.- Mathematics as an Empirical Phenomenon, Subject toModeling.- Scientific Models Are Distributed and Never Abstract. ANaturalistic Perspective.- The Use of Models in Petroleum and Natural GasEngineering.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 18.06.2018 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics |
| Zusatzinfo | VI, 253 p. 46 illus., 11 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 403 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Informatik ► Theorie / Studium ► Künstliche Intelligenz / Robotik | |
| Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Logik / Mengenlehre | |
| Naturwissenschaften | |
| Schlagworte | Adequacy of Models • Chaos and Stochastic Models • Heuristic Power • knot theory • Modeling Machines • Modeling Medical Disorders • Models and Acientific Explanation • Models in Scientific Practice • Notion of Inference • Notion of Models • Notion of Representation • Pragmatics of Models • scientific realism |
| ISBN-10 | 3-319-80287-9 / 3319802879 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-319-80287-9 / 9783319802879 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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