Models, Simulations, and the Reduction of Complexity
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 ma...
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Published: |
De Gruyter
2013
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=674404&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: nlebk uiTerm: 674404 longDbName: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: btl: Models, Simulations, and the Reduction of Complexity aug: au: Ulrich Gähde Stephan Hartmann Jörn Henning Wolf sertl: Abhandlungen Der Akademie Der Wissenschaften in Hamburg isbn: 9783110313604 9783110313680 imageinfo: pubinfo: dt: @attributes: year: 2013 month: 01 day: 01 dtAvail: @attributes: year: 2014 month: 03 day: 21 vid: 00004 pub: De Gruyter pubContract: De Gruyter place: Berlin price: 0.01 limitsGroup: maxCheckoutDays: 1500 pda: N printPagesOffline: 100 printPagesOnline: 100 previewPages: 10000 prePubGroup: dewey: @attributes: class: 501 item: 501 lc: @attributes: class: Q175.32.C65 M63 2013 item: Q 175 .32 .C65 M63 2013 artinfo: ui: 674404 900744273 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: EB doid: NL$674404$PDF caption: PDF download: Y tig: atl: Models, Simulations, and the Reduction of Complexity ptl: Models, Simulations, and the Reduction of Complexity aug: au: Ulrich Gähde Stephan Hartmann Jörn Henning Wolf su: Complexity (Philosophy) Science--Philosophy sug: subj: PHILOSOPHY / General Complexity (Philosophy) Science--Philosophy ab: 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. pubtype: eBook doctype: Book ougenre: Book language: English copyright: @attributes: flag: N copyrightText: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|