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Models, Simulations, and the Reduction of Complexity (Hardcover)
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Models, Simulations, and the Reduction of Complexity (Hardcover)
Series: Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Hamburg
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Modern science is, to a large extent, a model-building activity.
But how are models contructed? How are they related to theories and
data? How do they explain complex scientific phenomena, and which
role do computer simulations play here? These questions have kept
philosophers of science busy for many years, and much work has been
done to identify modeling as the central activity of theoretical
science. At the same time, these questions have been addressed by
methodologically-minded scientists, albeit from a different point
of view. While philosophers typically have an eye on general
aspects of scientific modeling, scientists typically take their own
science as the starting point and are often more concerned with
specific methodological problems. There is, however, also much
common ground in middle, where philosophers and scientists can
engage in a productive dialogue, as the present volume
demonstrates. To do so, the editors of this volume have invited
eight leading scientists from cosmology, climate science, social
science, chemical engeneering and neuroscience to reflect upon
their modeling work, and eight philosophers of science to provide a
commentary.
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