Feb 27, 2006 · Models raise questions in semantics (how, if at all, do models represent?), ontology (what kind of things are models?), epistemology (how do we learn and explain with models?), and, of …

May 6, 2013 · Instead of finding a computer program to simulate the black holes, physicists find a fluid dynamical setup for which they believe they have a good model and for which that model has …

Jan 17, 2017 · The interdisciplinary field of “science and religion”, also called “theology and science”, aims to answer these and other questions. It studies historical and contemporary interactions …

The billiard ball model of a gas, the Bohr model of the atom, the double helix model of DNA, the scale model of a bridge, the Mundell-Fleming model of an open economy, or the Lorenz model of the …

Nov 13, 2015 · In this sense, science does not differ in kind from other kinds of inquiry, but it may differ in the degree to which it requires broad and detailed background knowledge and a familiarity with a …

Sep 23, 1996 · Bayesian models are prominent in cognitive science, with applications to such psychological phenomena as learning, vision, motor control, language, and social cognition.

Oct 10, 2016 · This is in line both with the more recent literature on scientific representation, which is predominantly concerned with scientific models, and with the prime importance that current …

May 9, 2003 · A presupposition of most recent discussion has been that science sometimes provides explanations (rather than something that falls short of explanation—e.g., “mere description”) and that …

Sep 7, 2023 · Given that one of the main cognitive functions of models in science is to help us to learn about the world (cf. the entry on models in science), this raises the question: what exactly can we …

Mar 17, 2023 · For a discussion of earlier accounts of explanation including the deductive-nomological (DN) model, Wesley Salmon’s statistical relevance and causal mechanical models, and unificationist …