Springer Handbook of Model-Based Science (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

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 functions. The Springer Handbook merges philosophical, cognitive and epistemological perspectives on models with the more practical needs related to the application of this tool across various disciplines and practices. The result is a unique, reliable source of information that guides readers toward an understanding of different aspects of model-based science, such as the theoretical and cognitive nature of models, as well as their practical and logical aspects. The inferential role of models in hypothetical reasoning, abduction and creativity once they are constructed, adopted, and manipulated for different scientific and technological purposes is also discussed. Written by a group of internationally renowned experts in philosophy, the history of science, general epistemology, mathematics, cognitive and computer science, physics and life sciences, as well as engineering, architecture, and economics, this Handbook uses numerous diagrams, schemes and other visual representations to promote a better understanding of the concepts. This also makes it highly accessible to an audience of scholars and students with different scientific backgrounds. All in all, the Springer Handbook of Model-Based Science represents the definitive application-oriented reference guide to the interdisciplinary field of model-based reasoning.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Springer Handbooks
Release date:	May 2017
First published:	2017
Editors:	Lorenzo Magnani • Tommaso Bertolotti
Dimensions:	260 x 193 x 56mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Volumes:	2
Pages:	1180
Edition:	1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-30525-7
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Research methods Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Scientific standards
LSN:	3-319-30525-5
Barcode:	9783319305257

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