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  1. Idealization, representation, and explanation in the sciences.Melissa Jacquart, Elay Shech & Martin Zach - 2023 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 99 (C):10-14.
    A central goal of the scientific endeavor is to explain phenomena. Scientists often attempt to explain a phenomenon by way of representing it in some manner—such as with mathematical equations, models, or theory—which allows for an explanation of the phenomenon under investigation. However, in developing scientific representations, scientists typically deploy simplifications and idealizations. As a result, scientific representations provide only partial, and often distorted, accounts of the phenomenon in question. Philosophers of science have analyzed the nature and function of how (...)
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