Liu, Chuang (2014) The Hypothetical versus the Fictional. [Preprint]

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Abstract

In this essay I argue against the idea that modeling in science is analogous to fiction making in literary works by pointing out that a typical move in the former, which is widely acknowledged in philosophy literature as a signal for fictionalization, is never present in works of fiction (not even in science fiction). I further argue that the reason for such a disparity is profound and profoundly against conceiving modeling as fictionalization. I then explain the difference between the hypothetical and the fictional, and argue that modeling in science belongs to the former.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Liu, Chuang
Keywords:	model, fiction, methodology
Subjects:	General Issues > Philosophers of Science
Depositing User:	Chuang Liu
Date Deposited:	05 Oct 2014 21:38
Last Modified:	05 Oct 2014 21:38
Item ID:	11057
Journal or Publication Title:	European Journal for Philosophy
Publisher:	Springer
Subjects:	General Issues > Philosophers of Science
Date:	2014
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11057

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