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Models and Theories (Hardcover, New)
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Models and Theories (Hardcover, New)
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As scientists spend a substantial part of their time building,
testing, comparing and revising theories or models, it is no
surprise that the nature of theories and models is a subject of
central importance within the philosophy of science. Models and
Theories provides a critical survey of, and introduction to, the
debates surrounding theories and models within analytical
philosophy of science. It combines coverage of standard topics such
as the syntactic and semantic views of theories as well as ones
less often discussed in connection with models and theories but
which nevertheless are shown to have a clear bearing on the topic,
such as Munich structuralism, thought experiments, the
applicability of mathematics in the empirical sciences and
measurement theory. This book begins with an exposition of the
problems that any tenable account of theories and models has to
come to terms with and this serves as the background against which
the positions discussed in the book are assessed and evaluated.
This book provides a clearly structured and systematic introduction
to a field, which, due to its richness and complexity, is difficult
to master, and by focusing our attention on central issues and by
examining where we stand on these, it also lays bare lacunas in the
literature and points to future directions of research.
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