Items related to Simulation and Similarity: Using Models to Understand...
Simulation and Similarity: Using Models to Understand the World (Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science) - Softcover
Synopsis
An account of modeling and idealization in modern scientific practice, focusing on concrete, mathematical, and computational models.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Michael Weisberg is Department Chair and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 0190265124
- ISBN 13 9780190265120
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages212
Search results for Simulation and Similarity: Using Models to Understand...
Seller Image
Simulation and Similarity : Using Models to Understand the World
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Woodford Green, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 23859424-n
Quantity: Over 20 available
Stock Image
Simulation and Similarity: Using Models to Understand the World (Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science)
Published by
Oxford University Press 2015-10-01, 2015
ISBN 10: 0190265124
ISBN 13: 9780190265120
New
Paperback
Seller: Chiron Media, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 6666-IUK-9780190265120
Quantity: 10 available
Stock Image
Simulation and Similarity: Using Models to Understand the World (Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science)
Seller: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: New. In. Seller Inventory # ria9780190265120_new
Quantity: Over 20 available
Stock Image
Simulation and Similarity
Print on DemandSeller: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # L0-9780190265120
Quantity: Over 20 available
Stock Image
Simulation and Similarity (Paperback)
Published by
Oxford University Press Inc, New York, 2015
ISBN 10: 0190265124
ISBN 13: 9780190265120
New
Paperback
Seller: CitiRetail, Stevenage, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In the 1950s, John Reber convinced many Californians that the best way to solve the state's water shortage problem was to dam up the San Francisco Bay. Against massive political pressure, Reber's opponents persuaded lawmakers that doing so would lead to disaster. They did this not by empirical measurement alone, but also through the construction of a model. Simulation and Similarity explains why this was a good strategy while simultaneously providing anaccount of modeling and idealization in modern scientific practice. Michael Weisberg focuses on concrete, mathematical, and computational models in his consideration of the nature of models, the practice ofmodeling, and nature of the relationship between models and real-world phenomena. In addition to a careful analysis of physical, computational, and mathematical models, Simulation and Similarity offers a novel account of the model/world relationship. Breaking with the dominant tradition, which favors the analysis of this relation through logical notions such as isomorphism, Weisberg instead presents a similarity-based account called weighted featurematching. This account is developed with an eye to understanding how modeling is actually practiced. Consequently, it takes into account the ways in which scientists' theoretical goals shape both the applications and theanalyses of their models. Simulation and Similarity is an account of modeling and idealization in modern scientific practice, focusing on concrete, mathematical, and computational models. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780190265120
Quantity: 1 available
Seller Image
Simulation and Similarity : Using Models to Understand the World
Published by
Oxford University Press, 2015
ISBN 10: 0190265124
ISBN 13: 9780190265120
Used
Softcover
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Woodford Green, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition. Seller Inventory # 23859424
Quantity: Over 20 available
Stock Image
Simulation and Similarity: Using Models to Understand the World
Published by
Oxford University Press Inc, 2015
ISBN 10: 0190265124
ISBN 13: 9780190265120
New
Paperback / softback
Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days 348. Seller Inventory # C9780190265120
Quantity: Over 20 available
Stock Image
Simulation and Similarity
Print on DemandSeller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # L0-9780190265120
Quantity: Over 20 available
Stock Image
Simulation and Similarity: Using Models to Understand the World (eng)
Print on DemandSeller: Brook Bookstore On Demand, Napoli, NA, Italy
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: new. Questo è un articolo print on demand. Seller Inventory # e57e31114ef5d73d8b9b12bec8cd8d75
Quantity: Over 20 available
Seller Image
Simulation and Similarity : Using Models to Understand the World
Published by
Oxford University Press, 2015
ISBN 10: 0190265124
ISBN 13: 9780190265120
Used
Softcover
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition. Seller Inventory # 23859424
Quantity: Over 20 available