Scientific Models in Philosophy of Science

by Daniela M. Bailer-Jones

Scientists have used models for hundreds of years as a means of describing phenomena and as a basis for further analogy. In Scientific Models in Philosophy of Science, Daniela Bailer-Jones assembles an original and comprehensive philosophical analysis of how models have been used and interpreted in both historical and contemporary contexts. Bailer-Jones delineates the many forms models can take (ranging from equations to animals; from physical objects...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082296273X
• ISBN13: 9780822962731
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"