Making Models Count.

What sort of claims do scientific models make and how do these claims then underwrite empirical successes such as explanations and reliable policy interventions? In this paper I propose answers to these questions for the class of models used throughout the social and biological sciences, namely idea...

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Publicado en:Philosophy of Science Vol. 75; no. 3; pp. 383 - 405
Autor principal: Alexandrova, Anna
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Cambridge University Press Jul2008
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