Weber, Marcel (2014) Experimental Modeling in Biology: In Vivo Representation and Stand-ins As Modeling Strategies. Philosophy of Science, 81 (5). pp. 756-769. ISSN 1539-767X
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Experimental modeling in biology involves the use of living organisms (not necessarily socalled "model organisms") in order to model or simulate biological processes. I argue here that experimental modeling is a bona fide form of scientific modeling that plays an epistemic role that is distinct from that of ordinary biological experiments. What distinguishes them from ordinary experiments is that they use what I call "in vivo representations" where one kind of
causal process is used to stand in for a physically different kind of process. I discuss the advantages of this approach in the context of evolutionary biology.
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| Keywords: | Scientific models, experimental evolution, experimental ecology, causation | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology General Issues > Causation General Issues > Experimentation General Issues > Models and Idealization |
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| Depositing User: | Prof. Marcel Weber | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 31 Jan 2023 18:31 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 31 Jan 2023 18:31 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 21701 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Philosophy of Science | ||||||
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press | ||||||
| Official URL: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/philosophy... | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1086/678257 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology General Issues > Causation General Issues > Experimentation General Issues > Models and Idealization |
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| Date: | 2014 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 756-769 | ||||||
| Volume: | 81 | ||||||
| Number: | 5 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1539-767X | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/21701 |
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