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Simulation and similarity : using models to understand the world / Michael Weisberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weisberg, Michael, 1976- author.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in philosophy of science.
- Oxford studies in philosophy of science
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Philosophy--Mathematical models.
- Science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 190 pages) : illustrations, map.
- Other Title:
- Using models to understand the world
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'Simulation and Similarity' provides an account of modelling and idealization in modern scientific practice, focusing on concrete, mathematical, and computational models. The book has three main themes: the nature of models, the practice of modelling, and nature of the relationship between models and real-world phenomena.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Three kinds of models
- The anatomy of models
- Fictions and folk ontology
- Target-directed modeling
- Idealization
- Modeling without a specific target
- An account of similarity
- Robustness analysis and idealization
- Conclusion: the practice of modeling.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version
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