?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=A+Model+of+Models&rft.creator=Glennan%2C+Stuart&rft.subject=Models+and+Idealization&rft.description=Although+many+philosophers+of+science+have+recognized+the+importance+of+modeling+in+contemporary+science%2C+relatively+little+work+has+been+done+in+developing+a+general+account+of+models.+The+most+widely+accepted+account%2C+put+forth+by+advocates+of+the+semantic+conception+of+theories%2C+misleadingly+identifies+scientific+models+with+the+models+of+mathematical+logic.+I+present+an+alternative+theory+of+scientific+models+in+which+models+are+defined+by+their+representational+relation+to+a+physical+system.+I+explore+in+some+detail+a+particular+sort+of+model+called+a+%EF%BF%BDmechanical+model%EF%BF%BD+I+illustrate+the+applicability+of+my+approach+by+applying+it+to+a+problem+in+contemporary+speech+perception+research.+The+model+of+models+is+used+to+analyze+how+competing+models+of+the+mechanisms+of+vowel+normalization+are+constructed%2C+tested%2C+and+revised.+&rft.date=2000-08&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fphilsci-archive.pitt.edu%2F1134%2F1%2FModels1.4.pdf&rft.identifier=Glennan%2C+Stuart+(2000)+A+Model+of+Models.+[Preprint]&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fphilsci-archive.pitt.edu%2F1134%2