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SYNTHESE
2008
13 years 5 months ago
2008
Models carry the meaning of science. This puts a tremendous burden on the process of model selection. In general practice, models are selected on the basis of their relative goodne...
SYNTHESE
2011
13 years 6 days ago
2011
: ic models invariably involve some degree of idealization, abstraction, or fictionalization of their target system. Nonetheless, I argue that there are circumstances under which s...
SYNTHESE
2008
13 years 5 months ago
2008
Nancy Cartwright relies upon an inference pattern known as inference to the best causal explanation (IBCE) to support a limited form of entity realism, according to which we are wa...
SYNTHESE
2008
13 years 5 months ago
2008
The problem addressed in this paper is "the main epistemic problem concerning science", viz. "the explication of how we compare and evaluate theories [. . .] in the ...
SYNTHESE
2010
13 years 3 months ago
2010
Recent work in the philosophy of science has generated an apparent conflict between theories attempting to explicate the nature of scientific representation. On one side, there are...