03983nam 22006255 450 991042092440332120251113194900.03-030-45153-410.1007/978-3-030-45153-0(CKB)4100000011413881(MiAaPQ)EBC6335307(DE-He213)978-3-030-45153-0(EXLCZ)99410000001141388120200902d2020 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierModelling Nature: An Opinionated Introduction to Scientific Representation /by Roman Frigg, James Nguyen1st ed. 2020.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2020.1 online resource (250 pages) illustrationsSynthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science,2542-8292 ;4273-030-45152-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Problems Concerning Scientific Representation -- 2. General Griceanism and Stipulative Fiat -- 3. The Similarity View -- 4. The Structuralist View -- 5. The Inferential View -- 6. The Fiction View of Models -- 7. Representation-As -- 8. The DEKI Account -- 9. DEKI Goes Forth.This monograph offers a critical introduction to current theories of how scientific models represent their target systems. Representation is important because it allows scientists to study a model to discover features of reality. The authors provide a map of the conceptual landscape surrounding the issue of scientific representation, arguing that it consists of multiple intertwined problems. They provide an encyclopaedic overview of existing attempts to answer these questions, and they assess their strengths and weaknesses. The book also presents a comprehensive statement of their alternative proposal, the DEKI account of representation, which they have developed over the last few years. They show how the account works in the case of material as well as non-material models; how it accommodates the use of mathematics in scientific modelling; and how it sheds light on the relation between representation in science and art. The issue of representation has generated a sizeable literature, which has been growing fast in particular over the last decade. This makes it hard for novices to get a handle on the topic because so far there is no book-length introduction that would guide them through the discussion. Likewise, researchers may require a comprehensive review that they can refer to for critical evaluations. This book meets the needs of both groups.Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science,2542-8292 ;427Knowledge, Theory ofPhysicsPhilosophyLogic, Symbolic and mathematicalSciencePhilosophyEpistemologyPhilosophical Foundations of Physics and AstronomyMathematical Logic and FoundationsPhilosophy of ScienceKnowledge, Theory of.PhysicsPhilosophy.Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.SciencePhilosophy.Epistemology.Philosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy.Mathematical Logic and Foundations.Philosophy of Science.511.8Frigg Romanauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut967150Nguyen Jamesauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910420924403321Modelling Nature: An Opinionated Introduction to Scientific Representation2195604UNINA