Inference and representation : a study in modeling science

Author(s)

• Suárez, Mauricio

Bibliographic Information

Inference and representation : a study in modeling science

Mauricio Suárez

The University of Chicago Press, 2024

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-309) and index

Contents of Works

• Introducing scientific representation
• Part I. Modeling. The modeling attitude : a genealogy; Models and their uses
• Part II. Representation. Theories of representation; Against substance; Scientific theories and deflationary representation; Representation as inference
• Part III. Implications. Lessons from the philosophy of art; Scientific epistemology transformed

Details

• NCID: BD06108934
• ISBN:
  • 9780226830049
• LCCN: 2023026892
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Chicago ; London
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 316 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : Q175
  • DC23 : 501
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Science -- Philosophy
  • LCSH : Science -- Methodology
  • LCSH : Representation (Philosophy)
  • LCSH : Inference
  • LCSH : Knowledge, Theory of