The Experimental Side of Modeling Contributor(s): Peschard, Isabelle F. (Editor), Van Fraassen, Bas C. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1517905338 ISBN-13: 9781517905330 Publisher: University of Minnesota Press OUR PRICE: $158.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects - Philosophy | Essays - Science | Research & Methodology |
Dewey: 001.434 |
LCCN: 2018001583 |
Series: Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.30 lbs) 360 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: An innovative, multifaceted approach to scientific experiments as designed by and shaped through interaction with the modeling process Contributors address such issues as the construction of models in conjunction with scientific experimentation; the status of measurement and the function of experiment in the identification of relevant parameters; how the phenomena under study are reconceived when accounted for by a model; and the interplay between experimenting, modeling, and simulation when results do not mesh. Highlighting the mediating role of models and the model-dependence (as well as theory-dependence) of data measurement, this volume proposes a normative and conceptual innovation in scientific modeling--that the phenomena to be investigated and modeled must not be precisely identified at the start but specified during the course of the interactions arising between experimental and modeling activities. Contributors: Nancy D. Cartwright, U of California, San Diego; Anthony Chemero, U of Cincinnati; Ronald N. Giere, U of Minnesota; Jenann Ismael, U of Arizona; Tarja Knuuttila, U of South Carolina; Andrea Loettgers, U of Bern, Switzerland; Deborah Mayo, Virginia Tech; Joseph Rouse, Wesleyan U; Paul Teller, U of California, Davis; Michael Weisberg, U of Pennsylvania; Eric Winsberg, U of South Florida. |