Models and Inferences in Science - Brossura
Libro 19 di 50: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics
Sinossi
Modelling and Inferring in Science.- On 'The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences'.- Fast and Frugal Heuristics at Research Frontiers.- Scientific Realism, the Semantic View and Evolutionary Biology.- Models of the Skies.- Models of Science and Models in Science.- Mechanistic Models and Modeling Disorders.- Chaos and Stochastic Models in Physics.- Ways of Advancing Knowledge. A Lesson from Knot Theory and Topology.- Models, Idealisations, and Realist Commitments.- Modelling Non-Empirical Confirmation.- Mathematics as an Empirical Phenomenon, Subject to Modeling.- Scientific Models Are Distributed and Never Abstract. A Naturalistic Perspective.- The Use of Models in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering.
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