Scientific models in philosophy of science /
"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 interp...
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Pittsburgh, Pa. :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
c2009.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.