Models and Inferences in Science

Book Overview

Modelling and Inferring in Science.- On 'The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences'.- Fast and Frugal Heuristics at Research Frontiers.- Scientific Realism, the Semantic View and Evolutionary Biology.- Models of the Skies.- Models of Science and Models in Science.- Mechanistic Models and Modeling Disorders.- Chaos and Stochastic Models in Physics.- Ways of Advancing Knowledge. A Lesson from Knot Theory and Topology.- Models, Idealisations, and Realist Commitments.- Modelling Non-Empirical Confirmation.- Mathematics as an Empirical Phenomenon, Subject to Modeling.- Scientific Models Are Distributed and Never Abstract. A Naturalistic Perspective.- The Use of Models in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319802879
• ISBN13: 9783319802879
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"