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The Abductive Structure of Scientific CreativityDistributed Model-Based Science

The Abductive Structure of Scientific Creativity: Distributed Model-Based Science [In the current epistemological debate scientific models are not only considered as useful devices for explaining facts or discovering new entities, laws, and theories, but also rubricated under various new labels: from the classical ones, as abstract entities and idealizations, to the more recent, as fictions, surrogates, credible worlds, missing systems, make-believe, parables, functional, epistemic actions, revealing capacities.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The Abductive Structure of Scientific CreativityDistributed Model-Based Science

Part of the Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics Book Series (volume 37)
Magnani, Lorenzo
Springer Journals — Aug 30, 2017
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Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017
ISBN
978-3-319-59255-8
Pages
31 –46
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-59256-5_2
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Abstract

[In the current epistemological debate scientific models are not only considered as useful devices for explaining facts or discovering new entities, laws, and theories, but also rubricated under various new labels: from the classical ones, as abstract entities and idealizations, to the more recent, as fictions, surrogates, credible worlds, missing systems, make-believe, parables, functional, epistemic actions, revealing capacities.]

Published: Aug 30, 2017

Keywords: Scientific Model; Credible World; Manifest Model; Fictitious Model; Abductive Cognition

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