Abstraction as an Autonomous Process in Scientific Modeling

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Sim-Hui Tee
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[1] Xiamen University Malaysia,
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Philosophia | 2020年 / 48卷
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Models; Abstraction; Scientific modeling; Scientific representation; Autonomous models; Abstract models; Material models; Cognitive processes;
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Abstraction is one of the important processes in scientific modeling. It has always been implied that abstraction is an agent-centric activity that involves the cognitive processes of scientists in model building. I contend that there is an autonomous aspect of abstraction in many modeling activities. I argue that the autonomous process of abstraction is continuous with the agent-centric abstraction but capable of evolving independently from the modeler’s abstraction activity.
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