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Author Nguyen, James, author.

Title Scientific representation / James Nguyen, Roman Frigg
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022
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Series Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of science
Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of science.
Summary This Element presents a philosophical exploration of the notion of scientific representation. It does so by focussing on an important class of scientific representations, namely scientific models. Models are important in the scientific process because scientists can study a model to discover features of reality. But what does it mean for something to represent something else? This is the question discussed in this Element. The authors begin by disentangling different aspects of the problem of representation and then discuss the dominant accounts in the philosophical literature: the resemblance view and inferentialism. They find them both wanting and submit that their own preferred option, the so-called DEKI account, not only eschews the problems that beset these conceptions, but further provides a comprehensive answer to the question of how scientific representation works. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 19, 2022)
Subject Science -- Simulation methods -- Philosophy
Science -- Philosophy.
Science -- Philosophy
Form Electronic book
Author Frigg, Roman, author.
ISBN 9781009003575
1009003577