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The modal basis of scientific modelling
The practice of scientific modelling often resorts to hypothetical, false, idealised, targetless, partial, generalised, and other types of modelling that appear to have at least partially non-actual targets. In this paper, I will argue that we can avoid a commitment to non-actual targets by sketchin...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9935741/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36820131 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04063-z |
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description | The practice of scientific modelling often resorts to hypothetical, false, idealised, targetless, partial, generalised, and other types of modelling that appear to have at least partially non-actual targets. In this paper, I will argue that we can avoid a commitment to non-actual targets by sketching a framework where models are understood as having networks of possibilities as their targets. This raises a further question: what are the truthmakers for the modal claims that we can derive from models? I propose that we can find truthmakers for the modal claims derived from models in actuality, even in the case of supposedly non-actual targets. I then put this framework to use by examining a case study concerning the modelling of superheavy elements. |
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spelling | pubmed-99357412023-02-18 The modal basis of scientific modelling Tahko, Tuomas E. Synthese Original Research The practice of scientific modelling often resorts to hypothetical, false, idealised, targetless, partial, generalised, and other types of modelling that appear to have at least partially non-actual targets. In this paper, I will argue that we can avoid a commitment to non-actual targets by sketching a framework where models are understood as having networks of possibilities as their targets. This raises a further question: what are the truthmakers for the modal claims that we can derive from models? I propose that we can find truthmakers for the modal claims derived from models in actuality, even in the case of supposedly non-actual targets. I then put this framework to use by examining a case study concerning the modelling of superheavy elements. Springer Netherlands 2023-02-16 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC9935741/ /pubmed/36820131 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04063-z Text en © The Author(s) 2023, Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Original Research Tahko, Tuomas E. The modal basis of scientific modelling |
title | The modal basis of scientific modelling |
title_full | The modal basis of scientific modelling |
title_fullStr | The modal basis of scientific modelling |
title_full_unstemmed | The modal basis of scientific modelling |
title_short | The modal basis of scientific modelling |
title_sort | modal basis of scientific modelling |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9935741/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36820131 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04063-z |
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