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Models, Simulations, and Representations

Models, Simulations, and Representations

Humphreys, Paul
Imbert, Cyrille

Paperback

Series: Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Science

PhilosophyGeneral Science

ISBN10: 0815371861
ISBN13: 9780815371861
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Nov 28 2017
Pages: 308
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.65 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Although scientific models and simulations differ in numerous ways, they are similar in so far as they are posing essentially philosophical problems about the nature of representation. This collection is designed to bring together some of the best work on the nature of representation being done by both established senior philosophers of science and younger researchers. Most of the pieces, while appealing to existing traditions of scientific representation, explore new types of questions, such as: how understanding can be developed within computational science; how the format of representations matters for their use, be it for the purpose of research or education; how the concepts of emergence and supervenience can be further analyzed by taking into account computational science; or how the emphasis upon tractability--a particularly important issue in computational science--sheds new light on the philosophical analysis of scientific reasoning.

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