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Models, Simulations, and the Reduction of Complexity (Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Hamburg, 4) - Hardcover

 
9783110313604: Models, Simulations, and the Reduction of Complexity (Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Hamburg, 4)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 311031360X ISBN 13: 9783110313604
Verlag: De Gruyter, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

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.

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U. Gähde and J. H. Wolf, University of Hamburg; S. Hartmann, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich.

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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.

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Verlag
De Gruyter
Erscheinungsdatum
2013
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
311031360X
ISBN 13 
9783110313604
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
282
Herausgeber
Gähde Ulrich, Hartmann Stephan, Wolf Jörn Henning
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