Scientific Understanding and Representation; Modeling in the Physical Sciences
by Insa Lawler, Kareem Khalifa; Elay ShechEnglish | 2022 | ISBN: 1032054956 | 429 pages | True PDF | 7.91 MB
This volume assembles cutting-edge scholarship on scientific understanding, scientific representation, and their delicate interplay. Featuring several articles in an engaging 'critical conversation' format, the volume integrates discussions about understanding and representation with perennial issues in the philosophy of science, including the nature of scientific knowledge, idealizations, scientific realism, scientific inference, and scientific progress.