How to Do Science with Models: A Philosophical Primer

by Axel Gelfert

Taking scientific practice as its starting point, this book charts the complex territory of models used in science. It examines what scientific models are and what their function is. Reliance on models is pervasive in science, and scientists often need to construct models in order to explain or predict anything of interest at all. The diversity of kinds of models one finds in science - ranging from toy models and scale models to theoretical and mathematical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319279521
• ISBN13: 9783319279527
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 135 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"