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Springer, Dordrecht
2017
911 Pages
ISBN 978-3-319-30525-7
The handbook offers the first comprehensive reference guide to the interdisciplinary field of model-based reasoning. It highlights the role of models as mediators between theory and experimentation, and as educational devices, as well as their relevance in testing hypotheses and explanatory functions. The Springer Handbook merges philosophical, cognitive and epistemological perspectives on models with the more practical needs related to the application of this tool across various disciplines and practices. The result is a unique, reliable source of information thatguides readers toward an understanding of different aspects of model-based science, such as the theoretical and cognitive nature of models, as well as their practical and logical aspects. The inferential role of models in hypothetical reasoning, abduction and creativity once they are constructed, adopted, and manipulated for different scientific and technological purposes is also discussed. Written by a group of internationally renowned experts in philosophy, the history of science, general epistemology, mathematics, cognitive and computer science, physics and life sciences, as well as engineering, architecture, and economics, this Handbook uses numerous diagrams, schemes and other visual representations to promote a better understanding of the concepts. This also makes it highly accessible to an audience of scholars and students with different scientific backgrounds. All in all, the Springer Handbook of Model-Based Science represents the definitive application-oriented reference guide to the interdisciplinary field of model-based reasoning.
Publication details
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-30526-4
Full citation:
Magnani, L. , Bertolotti, T. (eds) (2017). Springer handbook of model-based science, Springer, Dordrecht.
Table of Contents
Nepomuceno-Fernández Angel; Soler-Toscano Fernando; Velázquez-Quesada Fernando R.
269-293
Bueno-Soler Juliana; Carnielli Walter; Coniglio Marcelo
315-335
Basso Alessandra; Lisciandra Chiara; Marchionni Caterina
413-433
Frans Joachim; Goyvaerts Isar; Van Kerkhove Bart
537-549
Di Nuovo Alessandro; Marocco Davide; Di Nuovo Santo; Cangelosi Angelo
619-637
Den Hartigh Ruud J.R.; Cox Ralf F.A.; Van Geert Paul
657-669
Sozou Peter D.; Lane Peter C.R.; Addis Mark; Gobet Fernand
719-734