Simulation and Similarity e-bog
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Simulation and Similarity is an account of modeling and idealization in modern scientific practice, focusing on concrete, mathematical, and computational models. The main topics of this book are the nature of models, the practice of modeling, and the nature of the relationship between models and real-world phenomena. In order to elucidate the model/world relationship, Weisberg develops a novel ...
E-bog
403,64 DKK
Forlag
Oxford University Press
Udgivet
21 december 2012
Længde
288 sider
Genrer
Philosophy of language
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780199933679
Simulation and Similarity is an account of modeling and idealization in modern scientific practice, focusing on concrete, mathematical, and computational models. The main topics of this book are the nature of models, the practice of modeling, and the nature of the relationship between models and real-world phenomena. In order to elucidate the model/world relationship, Weisberg develops a novel account of similarity called weighted feature matching.