Model-based reasoning : science, technology, values / edited by Lorenzo Magnani and Nancy J. Nersessian.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Magnani, Lorenzo.

Nersessian, Nancy J.

Conference Name:

International Conference on Model-Based Reasoning: Scientific Discovery, Technological Innovation, Values (2001 : Pavia, Italy)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Methodology--Congresses.

Science.

Science--Methodology.

Discoveries in science--Congresses.

Discoveries in science.

Qualitative reasoning--Congresses.

Qualitative reasoning.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiii, 404 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Kluwer Academic, [2002]

Summary:

There are several key ingredients common to the various forms of model-based reasoning considered in this book. The term model comprises both internal and external representations. The models are intended as interpretations of target physical systems, processes, phenomena, or situations and are retrieved or constructed on the basis of potentially satisfying salient constraints of the target domain. The book 's contributors are researchers active in the area of creative reasoning in science and technology.

Contents:

Metaphor-Based Values in Scientific Models / Mark Johnson 1

Analogy in Scientific Discovery: The Case of Johannes Kepler / Dedre Gentner 21

Model Experiments and Models in Experiments / Mary S. Morgan 41

Models, Simulations, and Experiments / Francesco Guala 59

Calibration of Models in Experiments / Marcel Boumans 75

The Development of Scientific Taxonomies / Hanne Andersen 95

Production, Science and Epistemology. An Overview on New Models and Scenarios / Simone Turchetti, Mauro Capocci, Elena Gagliasso 113

Modeling Practices and "Tradition" / Elke Kurz-Milcke, Laura Martignon 127

Modeling Data: Analogies in Neural Networks, Simulated Annealing and Genetic Algorithms / Daniela M. Bailer-Jones, Coryn A.L. Bailer-Jones 147

Perceptual Simulation in Analogical Problem Solving / David L. Craig, Nancy J. Nersessian, Richard Catrambone 167

Building Demand Models to Improve Environmental Policy Process / Bryan G. Norton 191

Toward a Computational Model of Hypothesis Formation and Model Building in Science / Joseph Phillips, Gary Livingston, Bruce Buchanan 209

Models as Parts of Distributed Cognitive Systems / Ronald N. Giere 227

Conceptual Models, Inquiry and the Problem of Deriving Normative Claims from a Naturalistic Base / Andrew Ward 243

Dynamic Imagery: A Computational Model of Motion and Visual Analogy / David Croft, Paul Thagard 259

Model-Based Reasoning and Similarity in the World / Qiming Yu 275

Epistemic Artifacts: Michael Faraday's Search for the Optical Effects of Gold / Ryan D. Tweney 287

Epistemic Mediators and Model-Based Discovery in Science / Lorenzo Magnani 305

Deterministic Models and the "Unimportance of the Inevitable" / Claudio Pizzi 331

Mental Models in Conceptual Development / Stella Vosniadou 353

Modeling Core Knowledge and Practices in a Computational Approach to Innovation Process / Stefania Bandini, Sara Manzoni 369.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0306472449

OCLC:

49583994