Models and Inferences in Science Paperback / softback
Edited by Emiliano Ippoliti, Fabio Sterpetti, Tom Nickles
Part of the Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics series
Paperback / softback
Description
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.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:253 pages, 11 Illustrations, color; 35 Illustrations, black and white; VI, 253 p. 46 illus., 11 illu
- Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG
- Publication Date:30/03/2018
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- ISBN:9783319802879
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:253 pages, 11 Illustrations, color; 35 Illustrations, black and white; VI, 253 p. 46 illus., 11 illu
- Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG
- Publication Date:30/03/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9783319802879
