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Abstract / Description of output
I analyse the exploratory function of two main modelling practices: targetless fictional models and hypothetical perspectival models. In both cases, I argue, modelers invite us to imagine or conceive something about the target system, which is either known to be non-existent (fictional models) or just hypothetical (in perspectival models). I clarify the kind of imagining or conceiving involved in each modelling practice, and I show how each—in its own right—delivers important modal knowledge. I illustrate these two kinds of exploratory models with Maxwell’s ether model and SUSY models at the LHC.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 869-881 |
Journal | Philosophy of Science |
Volume | 86 |
Issue number | 5 |
Early online date | 13 Dec 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2019 |
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Perspectival Realism. Science, Knowledge, and Truth from a Human Vantage Point.
1/01/16 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
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- 1 Invited talk
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Two Kinds of Exploratory Models
Michela Massimi (Invited speaker)
15 May 2019Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Michela Massimi
- School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences - Personal Chair of Philosophy of Science
Person: Academic: Research Active