Models, models, models: a deflationary view

被引:7
作者
Odenbaugh, Jay [1 ]
机构
[1] Lewis & Clark Coll, Dept Philosophy, Portland, OR 97219 USA
关键词
Models; Modeling; Idealization; Abstraction; Representation; Deflation; Approximation; Truth; TRUTH;
D O I
10.1007/s11229-017-1665-8
中图分类号
N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;
摘要
In this essay, I first consider a popular view of models and modeling, the similarity view. Second, I contend that arguments for it fail and it suffers from what I call "Hughes' worry." Third, I offer a deflationary approach to models and modeling that avoids Hughes' worry and shows how scientific representations are of apiece with other types of representations. Finally, I consider an objection that the similarity view can deal with approximations better than the deflationary view and show that this is not so.
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页码:S5061 / S5076
页数:16
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