This book looks at the role of the imagination in science, from both philosophical and psychological perspectives. These contributions combine to provide a comprehensive and exciting picture of this under-explored subject.
This book looks at the role of the imagination in science, from both philosophical and psychological perspectives. These contributions combine to provide a comprehensive and exciting picture of this under-explored subject.
Arnon Levy is a philosopher of science and biology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research focuses on explanation and modeling in the life sciences. Peter Godfrey-Smith is a philosopher at the University of Sydney. His work focuses on philosophy of biology and philosophy of mind.
Inhaltsangabe
* About the Contributors * Introduction * 1: Fiora Salis and Roman Frigg: Capturing the Scientific Imagination * 2: Amie L. Thomasson: If Models Were Fictions, Then What Would They Be? * 3: Martin Thomson-Jones: Realism About Missing Systems * 4: Stacie Friend: The Fictional Character of Scientific Models * 5: Stephen Yablo: Models and Reality * 6: Peter Godfrey-Smith: Models, Fictions, and Conditionals * 7: Benjamin Sheredos and William Bechtel: Imagining Mechanisms with Diagrams * 8: Michael Weisberg: Abstraction and Representational Capacity in Computational Structures * 9: Tania Lombrozo: "Learning by Thinking" in Science and in Everyday Life * 10: Deena Skolnick Weisberg: Is Imagination Constrained Enough for Science? * 11: Igor Bascandziev and Paul M. Harris: Can Children Benefit from Thought Experiments? * 12: Arnon Levy: Metaphor and Scientific Explanation * 13: Elizabeth Camp: Imaginative Frames for Scientific Inquiry: Metaphors, Telling Facts, and Just-So Stories
* About the Contributors * Introduction * 1: Fiora Salis and Roman Frigg: Capturing the Scientific Imagination * 2: Amie L. Thomasson: If Models Were Fictions, Then What Would They Be? * 3: Martin Thomson-Jones: Realism About Missing Systems * 4: Stacie Friend: The Fictional Character of Scientific Models * 5: Stephen Yablo: Models and Reality * 6: Peter Godfrey-Smith: Models, Fictions, and Conditionals * 7: Benjamin Sheredos and William Bechtel: Imagining Mechanisms with Diagrams * 8: Michael Weisberg: Abstraction and Representational Capacity in Computational Structures * 9: Tania Lombrozo: "Learning by Thinking" in Science and in Everyday Life * 10: Deena Skolnick Weisberg: Is Imagination Constrained Enough for Science? * 11: Igor Bascandziev and Paul M. Harris: Can Children Benefit from Thought Experiments? * 12: Arnon Levy: Metaphor and Scientific Explanation * 13: Elizabeth Camp: Imaginative Frames for Scientific Inquiry: Metaphors, Telling Facts, and Just-So Stories
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