Springer handbook of Model-Based Science

This handbook offers the first comprehensive reference guide to the interdisciplinary field of model-based reasoning. It highlights the role of models as mediators between theory and experimentation, and as educational devices, as well as their relevance in testing hypotheses and explanatory functio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Magnani, Lorenzo (-), Bertolotti, Tommaso
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer Berlin Heidelberg cop. 2017
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Springer handbooks
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Theoretical Issues in Models
  • Theoretical and Cognitive Issues in Abduction and Scientific Inference
  • The Logic of Hypothetical Reasoning, Abduction, and Models
  • Model-Based Reasoning in Science and History of Science
  • Models in Mathematics
  • Model-Based Reasoning in Cognitive Science
  • Modeling and Computational Issues
  • Models in Physics, Chemistry, and Life Sciences
  • Models in Engineering, Architecture, and Economical and Human Sciences.