Springer Handbook of Model-Based Science

The handbook offers the first comprehensive reference guide to the interdisciplinary field of model-based reasoning. It highlights the role of models as mediators between theory and experimentation, and as educational devices, as well as their relevance in testing hypotheses and explanatory function...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Magnani, Lorenzo (Editor), Bertolotti, Tommaso (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2017, 2017
Edition:1st ed. 2017
Series:Springer Handbooks
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Theoretical Issues in Models
  • Theoretical and Cognitive Issues in Abduction and Scientific Inference
  • The Logic of Hypothetical Reasoning, Abduction, and Models
  • Model-Based Reasoning in Science and History of Science
  • Models in Mathematics
  • Model-Based Reasoning in Cognitive Science
  • Modeling and Computational Issues
  • Models in Physics, Chemistry, and Life Sciences
  • Models in Engineering, Architecture, and Economical and Human Sciences.