Learning from the existence of models: On psychic machines, tortoises, and computer simulations.
Using four examples of models and computer simulations from the history of psychology, I discuss some of the methodological aspects involved in their construction and use, and I illustrate how the existence of a model can demonstrate the viability of a hypothesis that had previously been deemed impo...
| Publicado en: | Synthese Vol. 169; no. 3; pp. 521 - 539 |
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Springer Nature
Aug2009
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