Modeling the Possible
Models are used to explore possibilities across all scientific fields. Climate models simulate the potential future climatic conditions under various emissions scenarios, macroeconomic models investigate the implications of various fiscal and monetary policy initiatives, and infectious diseases mode...
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| description | Models are used to explore possibilities across all scientific fields. Climate models simulate the potential future climatic conditions under various emissions scenarios, macroeconomic models investigate the implications of various fiscal and monetary policy initiatives, and infectious diseases models study the spread of viral diseases under a range of conditions. Such modeling approaches have not gone ignored by philosophers of science, but they have only recently started to explicitly address modeling the possible. So far, the discussion has been spread across a variety of more or less isolated pockets of debate in the philosophy of science. Modeling the Possible: Perspectives from Philosophy of Science draws together these studies, focusing specifically on how various modeling practices probe possibilities and justify claims concerning them. The volume is divided into three sections, plus an introductory chapter. The introductory chapter provides a state-of-the-art survey of the discussions of modeling possibilities within the philosophy of science, as well as an introduction to the book’s main themes and individual papers. The three sections focus on different kinds of possibility concepts, possibility spaces, and how-possibly modeling in practical situations. The chapters contained in this volume address conceptual and theoretical issues while also presenting case studies from various scientific domains: physics, evolutionary and synthetic biology, network science, climate science, economics, and epidemiology. Essential reading for philosophers of science, epistemologists, and modelers in various scientific disciplines, Modeling the Possible is also suitable for anyone interested in model-based scientific inferences, their validity, and the policy conclusions derived from them. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1600952025-05-22T05:08:58Z Modeling the Possible Knuuttila, Tarja Grüne-Yanoff, Till Koskinen, Rami Sjölin Wirling, Ylwa science scientific inferences epistemology epidemiology reality possibility spaces thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDA Philosophy of science thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTS Social and political philosophy thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTJ Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTK Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UY Computer science thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCC Microeconomics thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCJ Economic forecasting Models are used to explore possibilities across all scientific fields. Climate models simulate the potential future climatic conditions under various emissions scenarios, macroeconomic models investigate the implications of various fiscal and monetary policy initiatives, and infectious diseases models study the spread of viral diseases under a range of conditions. Such modeling approaches have not gone ignored by philosophers of science, but they have only recently started to explicitly address modeling the possible. So far, the discussion has been spread across a variety of more or less isolated pockets of debate in the philosophy of science. Modeling the Possible: Perspectives from Philosophy of Science draws together these studies, focusing specifically on how various modeling practices probe possibilities and justify claims concerning them. The volume is divided into three sections, plus an introductory chapter. The introductory chapter provides a state-of-the-art survey of the discussions of modeling possibilities within the philosophy of science, as well as an introduction to the book’s main themes and individual papers. The three sections focus on different kinds of possibility concepts, possibility spaces, and how-possibly modeling in practical situations. The chapters contained in this volume address conceptual and theoretical issues while also presenting case studies from various scientific domains: physics, evolutionary and synthetic biology, network science, climate science, economics, and epidemiology. Essential reading for philosophers of science, epistemologists, and modelers in various scientific disciplines, Modeling the Possible is also suitable for anyone interested in model-based scientific inferences, their validity, and the policy conclusions derived from them. 2025-05-22T05:08:57Z 2025-05-22T05:08:57Z 2025-05-21T14:58:32Z 2025 book ONIX_20250521T155841_9781040318799_79 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/102304 9781040318799 9781003342816 9781040318812 9781032379647 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/160095 eng Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Science open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/102304/1/9781040318799.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003342816 10.4324/9781003342816 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 3f0a4da2-418f-411a-ae5f-8d27e0601aec 178e65b9-dd53-4922-b85c-0aaa74fce079 9781040318799 9781003342816 9781040318812 9781032379647 European Research Council (ERC) Routledge 296 Oxford 818772 H2020 European Research Council H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council 10.13039/100010663 open access |
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| topic | science scientific inferences epistemology epidemiology reality possibility spaces thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDA Philosophy of science thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTS Social and political philosophy thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTJ Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTK Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UY Computer science thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCC Microeconomics thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCJ Economic forecasting |
| topic_facet | science scientific inferences epistemology epidemiology reality possibility spaces thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDA Philosophy of science thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTS Social and political philosophy thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTJ Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTK Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UY Computer science thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCC Microeconomics thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCJ Economic forecasting |
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