Scientific models in philosophy of science
Foreword / Coryn Bailer-Jones and Peter Machamer -- 1. Scientific Models -- 2. Mechanical Models -- 3. Analogy -- 4. Theories -- 5. Paradigms and Metaphors -- 6. The Semantic View and the Study of Scientific Practice -- 7. Phenomena, Data, and Data Models -- 8. Representation -- 9. Conclusion -- Bib...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Pittsburgh, Pa :
University of Pittsburgh Press
©2009
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| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b47546347*spi |
| Sumario: | Foreword / Coryn Bailer-Jones and Peter Machamer -- 1. Scientific Models -- 2. Mechanical Models -- 3. Analogy -- 4. Theories -- 5. Paradigms and Metaphors -- 6. The Semantic View and the Study of Scientific Practice -- 7. Phenomena, Data, and Data Models -- 8. Representation -- 9. Conclusion -- Bibliography of Contemporary Works on Scientific Models "Scientists have used models for hundreds of years as a means of describing phenomena and as a basis tor further analogy. In Scientific Models in Philosophy of Science, Daniela M. Bailer-Jones assembles an original and comprehensive philosophical analysis of how models have been used and interpreted in both historical and contemporary contexts." "Bailer-Jones delineates the many forms models can take (ranging from equations to animals; from physical objects to theoretical constructs). and how they are put to use. She examines early mechanical models employed by nineteenth-century physicists such as Kelvin and Maxwell, describes their roots in the mathematical principles of Newton and others. and compares them to contemporary mechanistic approaches. Bailer-Jones then views the use of analogy in the late nineteenth century as a way of understanding models and linking different branches of science. She reveals how analogies can also be models themselves or can help to create them." |
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| Descripción Física: | X, 235 páginas : 22 cm |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (páginas 211-228) e índice |
| ISBN: | 9780822943761 |
