Simulation and Similarity: Using Models to Understand the World (Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science)

Weisberg, Michael

ISBN 10: 0190265124 / ISBN 13: 9780190265120

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 2015

In. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ria9780190265120_new

Inhaltsangabe:

In the 1950s, John Reber convinced many Californians that the best way to solve the state’s water shortage problem was to dam up the San Francisco Bay. Against massive political pressure, Reber’s opponents persuaded lawmakers that doing so would lead to disaster. They did this not by empirical measurement alone, but also through the construction of a model. Simulation and Similarity explains why this was a good strategy while simultaneously providing an account of modeling and idealization in modern scientific practice. Michael Weisberg focuses on concrete, mathematical, and computational models in his consideration of the nature of models, the practice of modeling, and nature of the relationship between models and real-world phenomena.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Michael Weisberg is Department Chair and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Titel: Simulation and Similarity: Using Models to ...
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: New