TY  - GEN
T1  - Scientific representation
T2  - Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of science,
A1  - Nguyen, James
A1  - Frigg, Roman
LA  - English
PP  - Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY
PB  - Cambridge University Press
YR  - 2022
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/Cambridge_open_access_CR9781009003575
AB  - This Element presents a philosophical exploration of the notion of scientific representation. It does so by focussing on an important class of scientific representations, namely scientific models. Models are important in the scientific process because scientists can study a model to discover features of reality. But what does it mean for something to represent something else? This is the question discussed in this Element. The authors begin by disentangling different aspects of the problem of representation and then discuss the dominant accounts in the philosophical literature: the resemblance view and inferentialism. They find them both wanting and submit that their own preferred option, the so-called DEKI account, not only eschews the problems that beset these conceptions, but further provides a comprehensive answer to the question of how scientific representation works. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
OP  - 80
NO  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 Aug 2022).
CN  - Q175 .N414 2022
SN  - 9781009003575 (ebook)
SN  - 9781009009157 (paperback)
SN  - 9781009009157
KW  - Science : Philosophy.
KW  - Science : Methodology.
ER  -