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Scientific Representation
Stockholm University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Philosophy.
2022 (English)Book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This Element presents a philosophical exploration of the notion of scientific representation. It does so by focussing on an important class of scientific representations, namely scientific models. Models are important in the scientific process because scientists can study a model to discover features of reality. But what does it mean for something to represent something else? This is the question discussed in this Element. The authors begin by disentangling different aspects of the problem of representation and then discuss the dominant accounts in the philosophical literature: the resemblance view and inferentialism. They find them both wanting and submit that their own preferred option, the so-called DEKI account, not only eschews the problems that beset these conceptions, but further provides a comprehensive answer to the question of how scientific representation works.

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. , p. 80
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Cambridge Elements. Elements in Philosophy of Science, ISSN 2517-7265, E-ISSN 2517-7273
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Philosophy
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-233687DOI: 10.1017/9781009003575ISBN: 9781009009157 (print)ISBN: 9781009003575 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-233687DiVA, id: diva2:1900227
Available from: 2024-09-23 Created: 2024-09-23 Last updated: 2024-09-25Bibliographically approved

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