4IR and the Humanities in South Africa

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910870872503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: AOSIS
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Idealization XII : correcting the model : idealization and abstraction in the sciences / / edited by Martin R. Jones and Nancy Cartwright

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910974738503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; New York, NY, : Rodopi, 2005
• ISBN: 94-012-0273-7; 1-4237-9100-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Collana: Poznan studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; ; v. 86
• Altri autori (Persone): CartwrightNancy; JonesMartin R
• Disciplina: 100
• Soggetti: Abstraction; Ideals (Philosophy); Knowledge, Theory of; Logic; Science - Methodology; Science - Philosophy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material / Martin R. Jones and Nancy Cartwright -- PREFACE / Martin R. Jones and Nancy Cartwright -- ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS / Martin R. Jones and Nancy Cartwright -- QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION OF IDEALIZED MODELS IN THE NEW CLASSICAL ; MACROECONOMICS / Kevin D. Hoover -- WHY IDEALIZED MODELS IN ECONOMICS HAVE LIMITED USE / John Pemberton -- THE REVIVAL OF ARISTOTLE’S NATURE / Amos Funkenstein -- THE INFORMATIONAL GENE AND THE SUBSTANTIAL BODY: ON THE GENERALIZATION OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY BY ABSTRACTION / James R. Griesemer -- ABSTRACTION VIA GENERIC MODELING IN CONCEPT FORMATION IN SCIENCE / Nancy J. Nersessian -- APPROXIMATING THE REAL: THE ROLE OF IDEALIZATIONS IN PHYSICAL THEORY / Margaret Morrison -- IDEALIZATION AND ABSTRACTION: A FRAMEWORK / Martin R. Jones -- STANDARD TIME / David S. Nivison -- EVADING THE IRS / James Bogen and James Woodward -- REALISM IS DEAD / M. Norton Wise -- IS REALISM DEAD? / Ronald N. Giere -- POZNAŃ STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE SCIENCES AND THE HUMANITIES / Martin R. Jones and Nancy Cartwright.
• Sommario/riassunto: Contents Preface Analytical Table of Contents Kevin D. HOOVER: Quantitative Evaluation of Idealized Models in the New Classical Macroeconomics John PEMBERTON: Why Idealized Models in Economics Have Limited Use Amos FUNKENSTEIN: The Revival of Aristotle's Nature James R. GRIESEMER: The Informational Gene and the Substantial Body: On the Generalization of Evolutionary Theory by Abstraction Nancy J. NERSESSIAN: Abstraction via Generic Modeling in Concept Formation in Science Margaret MORRISON: Approximating the Real: The Role of Idealizations in Physical Theory Martin R. JONES: Idealization and A