Liu, Chuang (2014) Fictionalism, Realism, Empiricism on Scientific Models. [Preprint]

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Abstract

This paper defends an approach to modeling and models in science that is against model fictionalism of a recent stripe (the “new fictionalism” that takes models to be abstract entities that are analogous to works of fiction). It further argues that there is a version of fictionalism on models to which my approach is neutral and which only makes sense if one adopts a special sort of antirealism (e.g. constructive empiricism). Otherwise, my approach strongly suggests that one stays away from fictionalism and embraces realism directly.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Liu, Chuang logics@ufl.edu
Keywords:	models, representation, realism, empiricism, fictionalism, maps, reference
Subjects:	General Issues > Models and Idealization
Depositing User:	Chuang Liu
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2014 15:04
Last Modified:	22 Nov 2014 15:04
Item ID:	11162
Subjects:	General Issues > Models and Idealization
Date:	20 November 2014
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11162

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