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Lorenzo Magnani
Tommaso Bertolotti
<p>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 functions. The Springer Handbook merges philosophical, cognitive and epistemological perspectives on models with the more practical needs related to the application of this tool across various disciplines and practices. The result is a unique, reliable source of information that guides readers toward an understanding of different aspects of model-based science, such as the theoretical and cognitive nature of models, as well as their practical and logical aspects. The inferential role of models in hypothetical reasoning, abduction and creativity once they are constructed, adopted, and manipulated for different scientific and technological purposes is also discussed. Written by a group of internationally renowned experts in philosophy, the history of science, general epistemology, mathematics, cognitive and computer science, physics and life sciences, as well as engineering, architecture, and economics, this Handbook uses numerous diagrams, schemes and other visual representations to promote a better understanding of the concepts. This also makes it highly accessible to an audience of scholars and students with different scientific backgrounds. All in all, the Springer Handbook of Model-Based Science represents the definitive application-oriented reference guide to the interdisciplinary field of model-based reasoning.</p>
Gelfert Axel
Portides Demetris
Frigg Roman
Bokulich Alisa
Nersessian Nancy J.; Macleod Miles
Woods John
Schurz Gerhard
Minnameier Gerhard
Park Woosuk
Aliseda Atocha
Beirlaen Mathieu
Gauderis Tjerk
Nepomuceno-Fernández Angel; Soler-Toscano Fernando; Velázquez-Quesada Fernando R.
Barés Gómez Cristina; Fontaine Matthieu
Bueno-Soler Juliana; Carnielli Walter; Coniglio Marcelo
Schwartz Nora Alejandrina
Sterrett Susan G.
Basso Alessandra; Lisciandra Chiara; Marchionni Caterina
Ligęza Antoni; Górny Bartłomiej
Arcangeli Margherita
Giardino Valeria
Frans Joachim; Goyvaerts Isar; Van Kerkhove Bart
Rivera Ferdinand
Raftopoulos Athanassios
Bechtel William
Di Nuovo Alessandro; Marocco Davide; Di Nuovo Santo; Cangelosi Angelo
Metzger Mary Ann
Den Hartigh Ruud J.R.; Cox Ralf F.A.; Van Geert Paul
Waskan Jonathan
Dodig-Crnkovic Gordana; Cicchetti Antonio
Sozou Peter D.; Lane Peter C.R.; Addis Mark; Gobet Fernand
Imbert Cyrille
Davidsson Paul; Klügl Franziska; Verhagen Harko
Amigoni Francesco; Schiaffonati Viola
Datteri Edoardo
Longo Giuseppe
Sterrett Susan G.
Goodwin William
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