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Philosophy of Modeling: Some Neglected Pages of History

Podnieks, Karlis (2017) Philosophy of Modeling: Some Neglected Pages of History. [Preprint]

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Abstract

The work done in the philosophy of modeling by Vaihinger (1876), Craik (1943), Rosenblueth and Wiener (1945), Apostel (1960), Minsky (1965), Klaus (1966) and Stachowiak
(1973) is still almost completely neglected in the mainstream literature. However, this work seems to contain original ideas worth to be discussed. For example, the idea that diverse functions of models can be better structured as follows: in fact, models perform only a single function – they are replacing their target systems, but for different purposes. Another example: the idea that all of cognition is cognition in models or by means of models. Even perception, reflexes and instincts (animal and human) can be best analyzed as modeling. The paper presents an analysis of the above-mentioned work.


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Item Type: Preprint
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Podnieks, Karliskarlis.podnieks@mii.lu.lv0000-0002-8835-6516
Keywords: modeling, model, theory, means of model building, cognition, history
Subjects: General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science
General Issues > Models and Idealization
Depositing User: Prof. Karlis Podnieks
Date Deposited: 11 Oct 2017 18:12
Last Modified: 11 Oct 2017 18:12
Item ID: 13538
Subjects: General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science
General Issues > Models and Idealization
Date: 10 October 2017
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/13538

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