Models as Mediators Paperback: Perspectives on Natural and Social Science: 52 (Ideas in Context, Series Number 52) - Softcover

Morgan, Mary S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521655714 ISBN 13: 9780521655712

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

Using eleven case studies drawn from the history of physics and economics, Models as Mediators fills a prominent gap in the philosophy of science literature by focussing on several aspects of modelling, including such topics as function and construction of different types of models in different fields.

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"This collection is a valuable addition to the growing literature on models.... the reader will learn much from reading these essays." Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

"...describes how models in the sciences can act as automomous mediators between theory and the world, and uncovers the means by which models function as a source of knowledge." Journal of Economic Literature

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Models As Mediators Pb editado por Cambridge

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0521655714
• ISBN 13: 9780521655712
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 420
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