Getting Serious about Similarity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10707802 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Weisberg (0000-0002-3944-1167, California University of Pennsylvania, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 785-794 |
| Publication date | 2012-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8248 • E-ISSN: 1539-767X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1086/667845 |
| OpenAlex | W2177003478 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 10 |
Although most philosophical accounts about model/world relations focus on structural mappings such as isomorphism, similarity has long been discussed as an alternative account. Despite its attractions, proponents of the similarity view have not provided detailed accounts of what it means that a model is similar to a real-world target system. This article gives the outlines of such an account, drawing on the work of Amos Tversky
Epistemology · Focus (optics) · Isomorphism (crystallography) · Mathematical economics · Similarity (geometry) · Sociology · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Mathematics · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy and Theoretical Science
Scientific Models
Idealization and mental fictionalism
Models for Surrogative Stimulation
Against the elimination of similarity
Principals’ leadership styles and teachers’ organizational citizenship behaviour
Factive inferentialism and the puzzle of model-based explanation
Holistic modeling
Scientific representation and dissimilarity
Modals model models
The epistemic benefits of generalisation in modelling I
The elephant in the room
No Learning from Minimal Models
Biological Individuality and Scientific Practice
The Map/Territory Relationship in Game-Theoretic Modeling of Cultural Evolution
Models as Dogwhistles
Implementation as Resemblance
Graph neural networks, similarity structures, and the metaphysics of phenomenal properties
A minimalist account of agency in physics
Similarity as a safe haven
| Citations per year | 1.27 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |