Theories
Tools versus models
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19502017 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mauricio Suárez (0000-0002-2842-3641, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, corresponding author), Nancy Cartwright (0000-0002-0873-6966, London School of Economics and Political Science) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 62-81 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1355-2198 • E-ISSN: 1879-2502 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.shpsb.2007.05.004 |
| OpenAlex | W2138499061 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 22 |
Epistemology · Instrumentalism · Physics · Theoretical physics · Toolbox · Computer Science · Evolution and Science Education · Mathematics · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Science and Climate Studies
Scientific models
Okasha’s Unintended Argument for Toolbox Theorizing
‘Does the Claim that there are no Theories Imply that there is no History of Theories to be Written?(!)’
Polycratic hierarchies and networks
Models and structures
Outline of a dynamical inferential conception of the application of mathematics
Empirical factors and structure transference
What Was the Syntax‐Semantics Debate in the Philosophy of Science About
Strategies of model-building in condensed matter physics
Generalizing empirical adequacy II
Semantic realism in the semantic conception of theories
Modeling reality
Interweaving categories
On the Ideal of Autonomous Science
The Representational Semantic Conception
Why Trust a Simulation? Models, Parameters, and Robustness in Simulation-Infected Experiments
Are There No Things That are Scientific Theories
Concrete Scale Models, Essential Idealization, and Causal Explanation
Automated Discovery Systems, part 2
Classic, Segmented-, or Neo-Assimilation, Which Theory to Use? A Scientific-Method Investigation
Linguistic modelling and the scientific enterprise
Essays in positive economics
How the Laws of Physics Lie
Explaining Science
Science and Partial Truth
Models as Mediators
Reinflating the semantic approach
Pragmatic truth and approximation to truth
Semantic View, Empirical Adequacy, and Application
Superconductivity and structures
From rocks to graphs ? the shaping of phenomena
Holism, Underdetermination, And The Dynamics Of Empirical Theories
On the general theory of meaningful representation
Correspondence, invariance and heuristics
Galilean idealization
What is structural realism
Empirical adequacy
The Model-Theoretic Approach in the Philosophy of Science
Models, Theories, and Structures
On Representing the Relationship between the Mathematical and the Empirical
(Dis-)Solving the Puzzle of the Arrow of Radiation
Understanding Philosophy of Science
| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,31 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |