Switch to: References

Citations of:

Models, models, models: a deflationary view

Synthese 198 (Suppl 21):1-16 (2018)

Add citations

You must login to add citations.
  1. The epistemic benefits of generalisation in modelling II: expressive power and abstraction.Aki Lehtinen - 2022 - Synthese 200 (2):1-24.
    This paper contributes to the philosophical accounts of generalisation in formal modelling by introducing a conceptual framework that allows for recognising generalisations that are epistemically beneficial in the sense of contributing to the truth of a model result or component. The framework is useful for modellers themselves because it is shown how to recognise different kinds of generalisation on the basis of changes in model descriptions. Since epistemically beneficial generalisations usually de-idealise the model, the paper proposes a reformulation of the (...)
    Download  
     
    Export citation  
     
    Bookmark  
  • The epistemic benefits of generalisation in modelling I: Systems and applicability.Aki Lehtinen - 2021 - Synthese 199 (3-4):10343-10370.
    This paper provides a conceptual framework that allows for distinguishing between different kinds of generalisation and applicability. It is argued that generalising models may bring epistemic benefits. They do so if they show that restrictive and unrealistic assumptions do not threaten the credibility of results derived from models. There are two different notions of applicability, generic and specific, which give rise to three different kinds of generalizations. Only generalising a result brings epistemic benefits concerning the truth of model components or (...)
    Download  
     
    Export citation  
     
    Bookmark   6 citations  
  • Book Review. [REVIEW]Jay Odenbaugh - 2022 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 95 (C):224-225.
    Download  
     
    Export citation  
     
    Bookmark