Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/75UiXh Models and Inferences in Science By: Emiliano Ippoliti Publisher: Springer Print ISBN: 9783319281629, 3319281623 eText ISBN: 9783319281636, 3319281631 Copyright year: 2016 Format: PDF Available from $ 109.00 USD SKU 9783319281636 The book answers long-standing questions on scientific modeling and inference across multiple perspectives and disciplines, including logic, mathematics, physics and medicine. The different chapters cover a variety of issues, such as the role models play in scientific practice; the way science shapes our concept of models; ways of modeling the pursuit of scientific knowledge; the relationship between our concept of models and our concept of science. The book also discusses models and scientific explanations; models in the semantic view of theories; the applicability of mathematical models to the real world and their effectiveness; the links between models and inferences; and models as a means for acquiring new knowledge. It analyzes different examples of models in physics, biology, mathematics and engineering. Written for researchers and graduate students, it provides a cross-disciplinary reference guide to the notion and the use of models and inferences in science.
