Models, Simulations, and the Reduction of Complexity

Models, Simulations, and the Reduction of Complexity

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Modern science is a model-building activity. But how are models contructed? How are they related to theories and data? How do they explain complex scientific phenomena, and which role do computer simulations play? To address these questions which are highly relevant to scientists as well as to philo...

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Other Authors: Gähde, Ulrich (Editor), Hartmann, Stephan (Editor), Wolf, Jörn Henning (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2013
Series:Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Hamburg 4
Subjects:
Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge
Science
methods
methodology
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