Idealization XIV : models in science / edited by Giacomo Borbone, Krzysztof Brzechczyn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Borbone, Giacomo, editor.

Brzechczyn, Krzysztof, editor.

Series:

Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; Volume 108.

Poznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities, 0303-8157 ; Volume 108

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Philosophy.

Social sciences.

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Humanities--Philosophy.

Humanities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, [Netherlands] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill-Rodopi, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Idealization XIV: Models in Science offers a detailed ontological, epistemological and historical account of the role of models in scientific practice. The volume contains contributions of different international scholars who developed many aspects of the use of idealizations and models both in the natural and the social sciences. This volume is particularly relevant because it offers original contributions concerning one of the main topic in philosophy of science: the role of models in such branches of the sciences and the humanities like comparative historical sociology, economics, history, linguistics and political philosophy. Contributors are: Giacomo Borbone, Krzysztof Brzechczyn, Mieszko Ciesielski, Adam Czerniak, Xavier de Donato Rodríguez, José L. Falguera, Adolfo García de la Sienra, Lidia Godek, Igor Hanzel, Łukasz Hardt, Krzysztof Kiedrowski, Barbara Konat, Zenonas Norkus, Piotr Przybysz, Piotr Szwochert

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Giacomo Borbone and Krzysztof Brzechczyn

The Role of Models in Science: An Introduction / Giacomo Borbone and Krzysztof Brzechczyn

On Fictions, Theoretical Entities, and Ideal Objects: Applying Zalta’s Abstract Objects Theory to Scientific Theories / Xavier de Donato Rodríguez and José L. Falguera

The Inherent Type of Scienific Law, The Idealized Types of Scientific Law / Igor Hanzel

On Deformational Modeling: Max Weber’s Concept of Idealization / Lidia Godek

On Reduction in the Idealizational Theory of Science: A Case Study of the Relationship between the Concept of Rational Act and the Concept of a Habitual-Rational Action / Mieszko Ciesielski

Idealization in Economics: A Structuralist View / Adolfo García de la Sienra

Between Isolations and Constructions: Economic Models as Believable Worlds / Łukasz Hardt

The Fallacy of the Reification of Idealization in Economic Research / Adam Czerniak

Strategies of Comparative Analysis in Historical Comparative Sociology: An Attempt at an Explication within the Conceptual Framework of the Idealizational Theory of Science / Krzysztof Brzechczyn

The Structure of Idealization in Noam Chomsky’s Generativist Theory / Barbara Konat

The Method of Idealization and Concretization on the Ground of Negativistic Unitarian Metaphysics / Krzysztof Kiedrowski

The Choice of the Principles of Justice in the Political Philosophy of John Rawls: An Idealizational Interpretation / Piotr Przybysz

Inductive Modeling and Discursive Idealization in Scenario Planning / Zenonas Norkus

Historical Narration in the Light of the Idealizational Theory of Science: A Recapitulation and Expansion / Piotr Szwochert.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-31884-4

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004318847 DOI