Veit, Walter (2023) Model anarchism. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 38 (2). pp. 225-245. ISSN 2171-679X
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Abstract
This paper aims to articulate an anarchist challenge to a widespread assumption in the rapidly growing philosophical literature on models, modeling-practices, and model-based science. I argue that the various entities and practices called “models” and “modeling-practices” are too heterogeneous, too context-sensitive, and serve too many scientific purposes and roles, as to constitute unified scientific phenomena that would allow for useful epistemic and ontologies analyses. Just like Feyerabend once argued that there are no general useful inferences to be drawn about the method of “science”, I argue that the same lesson will apply to “model-based science”, hence calling my view model anarchism.
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| Additional Information: | ISSN: 0495-4548 (print) | ||||||
| Keywords: | models, modeling, model-based science, anarchism, Feyerabend | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Models and Idealization General Issues > Philosophers of Science |
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| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email theoria@ehu.es | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 27 Oct 2023 19:58 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 27 Oct 2023 19:58 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 22712 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science | ||||||
| Publisher: | Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco | ||||||
| Official URL: | https://ojs.ehu.eus/index.php/THEORIA/article/view... | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1387/theoria.23849 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Models and Idealization General Issues > Philosophers of Science |
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| Date: | September 2023 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 225-245 | ||||||
| Volume: | 38 | ||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2171-679X | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/22712 |
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