The epistemology of modal modeling
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4927657 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ylwa Sjölin Wirling (0000-0002-5638-4192, University of Manchester, corresponding author), Till Grüne-Yanoff (0000-0002-6727-8723, KTH Royal Institute of Technology), Till Grüne‐yanoff |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1747-9991 • E-ISSN: 1747-9991 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/phc3.12775 |
| OpenAlex | W3200811628 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 43 |
Philosophers of science have recently taken care to highlight different modeling practices where scientific models primarily contribute modal information, in the form of for example possibility claims, how-possibly explanations, or counterfactual conditionals. While examples abound, comparatively little attention is being paid to the question of under what conditions, and in virtue of what, models can perform this epistemic function. In this paper, we firstly delineate modal modeling from other modeling practices, and secondly review attempts to spell out and explain the epistemic success conditions of modal modeling. The aim is to more clearly expose the respective justificatory strategies of these accounts, and secondly, to identify lacunae where further work is needed
Causation · Counterfactual conditional · Counterfactual thinking · Epistemology · Function (biology · Modal · Philosophy of science · Scientific modelling · Spell · Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies · Computer Science · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science
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The modal turn in scientific modelling
The role of foresight in public policy
Introduction to the synthese topical collection ‘modal modeling in science
Exploring, expounding & ersatzing
Kinds of modalities and modeling practices
Interdisciplinary model transfer and realism about physical analogy
Two epistemological challenges regarding hypothetical modeling
Understanding and how-possibly explanations
Similarity and Possibility
Simulation and Similarity
The World in the Model
The Philosophy of Philosophy
Credible worlds
Missing the World. Models as Isolations and Credible Surrogate Systems
The Logic of Animal Conflict
Extending Similarity-Based Epistemology of Modality with Models
Idealized models, holistic distortions, and universality
Synthetic fictions
An agent-based conception of models and scientific representation
Models and fiction
How could models possibly provide how-possibly explanations
Two Kinds of Exploratory Models
Hypothetical Pattern Idealization and Explanatory Models
Scientific Representation, Interpretation, and Surrogative Reasoning
Minimal Model Explanations
Appraising Models Nonrepresentationally
Is Conceivability a Guide to Possibility
Dynamic models of segregation
Imagining as a Guide to Possibility
It’s Not a Game
Epistemic and Objective Possibility in Science
The New Fiction View of Models
Understanding (with) Toy Models
"The Market for "Lemons
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |