An accessible yet critical introduction to the debates about models and theories within analytical philosophy of science since the 1920s. Essential reading for advanced undergraduates and researchers working in philosophy of science, philosophy of mathematics, and philosophy of technology.
An accessible yet critical introduction to the debates about models and theories within analytical philosophy of science since the 1920s. Essential reading for advanced undergraduates and researchers working in philosophy of science, philosophy of mathematics, and philosophy of technology.
Roman Frigg is Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. He is the winner of the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and a permanent visiting professor in the Munich Centre for Mathematical Philosophy of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany. His current work focuses on the nature of scientific models and theories, the foundations of statistical mechanics, and decision making under uncertainty.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Introduction Part 1 1. Theory and Language 2. Models in the Received View 3. Delineating the Observable 4. Framing the Theoretical Part 2 5. Thinking Through Structures 6. Representing with Structures 7. Family Ties 8. Beyond Structures Part 3 9. Reconsidering Representation 10. Analogy 11. Abstraction Approximation Idealisation 12. Limit Idealisations and Factor Exclusions Part 4 13. Challenging Subordination 14. What Are Models? 15. Taming Abundance 16. The Model Muddle Envoi Index
Preface, Introduction, Part 1, 1. Theory and Language, 2. Models in the Received View, 3. Delineating the Observable, 4. Framing the Theoretical, Part 2, 5. Thinking Through Structures, 6. Representing with Structures, 7. Family Ties, 8. Beyond Structures, Part 3, 9. Reconsidering Representation, 10. Analogy, 11. Abstraction, Approximation, Idealisation, 12. Limit Idealisations and Factor Exclusions, Part 4, 13. Challenging Subordination, 14. What Are Models?, 15. Taming Abundance, 16. The Model Muddle Envoi, Index
Preface Introduction Part 1 1. Theory and Language 2. Models in the Received View 3. Delineating the Observable 4. Framing the Theoretical Part 2 5. Thinking Through Structures 6. Representing with Structures 7. Family Ties 8. Beyond Structures Part 3 9. Reconsidering Representation 10. Analogy 11. Abstraction Approximation Idealisation 12. Limit Idealisations and Factor Exclusions Part 4 13. Challenging Subordination 14. What Are Models? 15. Taming Abundance 16. The Model Muddle Envoi Index
Preface, Introduction, Part 1, 1. Theory and Language, 2. Models in the Received View, 3. Delineating the Observable, 4. Framing the Theoretical, Part 2, 5. Thinking Through Structures, 6. Representing with Structures, 7. Family Ties, 8. Beyond Structures, Part 3, 9. Reconsidering Representation, 10. Analogy, 11. Abstraction, Approximation, Idealisation, 12. Limit Idealisations and Factor Exclusions, Part 4, 13. Challenging Subordination, 14. What Are Models?, 15. Taming Abundance, 16. The Model Muddle Envoi, Index
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