Frigg, Roman and Nguyen, James (2021) Seven Myths about the Fiction View of Models. Models and Idealizations in Science. Artifactual and Fictional Approaches. pp. 133-157.
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The fiction view of models submits that scientific models are akin to the characters and places of literary fiction. This view has attracted a number of criticisms. While some of these criticisms raise legitimate points, others are myths. In this paper we first identify and then rebut the following seven myths: (1) that the fiction view regards products of science as falsehoods; (2) that the fiction view holds that models are data-free; (3) that the fiction view is antithetical to representation; (4) that the fiction view trivialises epistemology; (5) that the fiction view cannot account for the use of mathematics in the modelling; (6) that the fiction view misconstrues the function of models in the scientific process; and (7) that the fiction view stands on the wrong side of politics. As a result, we conclude that the fiction view of models, suitably understood, remains a viable position.
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| Keywords: | fiction view of models, falsehood, data, representation, mathematics, creationism | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Models and Idealization General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism General Issues > Thought Experiments |
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| Depositing User: | Roman Frigg | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 17 Jul 2022 06:33 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 17 Jul 2022 06:33 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 20918 | |||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Models and Idealizations in Science. Artifactual and Fictional Approaches | |||||||||
| Publisher: | Springer | |||||||||
| Official URL: | https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-6... | |||||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | ISBN: 978-3-030-65802-1 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Models and Idealization General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism General Issues > Thought Experiments |
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| Date: | 2021 | |||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 133-157 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/20918 |
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