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Model-Based Reasoning

Science, Technology, Values

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Editors:
  1. Lorenzo Magnani

    1. University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

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  2. Nancy J. Nersessian

    1. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Metaphor-Based Values in Scientific Models

    • Mark Johnson
    Pages 1-19

  3. Analogy in Scientific Discovery: The Case of Johannes Kepler

    • Dedre Gentner
    Pages 21-39

  4. Model Experiments and Models in Experiments

    • Mary S. Morgan
    Pages 41-58

  5. Models, Simulations, and Experiments

    • Francesco Guala
    Pages 59-74

  6. Calibration of Models in Experiments

    • Marcel Boumans
    Pages 75-93

  7. The Development of Scientific Taxonomies

    • Hanne Andersen
    Pages 95-111

  8. Production, Science and Epistemology. An Overview on New Models and Scenarios

    • Simone Turchetti, Mauro Capocci, Elena Gagliasso
    Pages 113-125

  9. Modeling Practices and “Tradition”

    • Elke Kurz-Milcke, Laura Martignon
    Pages 127-146

  10. Modeling Data: Analogies in Neural Networks, Simulated Annealing and Genetic Algorithms

    • Daniela M. Bailer-Jones, Coryn A. L. Bailer-Jones
    Pages 147-165

  11. Perceptual Simulation in Analogical Problem Solving

    • David L. Craig, Nancy J. Nersessian, Richard Catrambone
    Pages 167-189

  12. Building Demand Models to Improve Environmental Policy Process

    • Bryan G. Norton
    Pages 191-208

  13. Toward a Computational Model of Hypothesis Formation and Model Building in Science

    • Joseph Phillips, Gary Livingston, Bruce Buchanan
    Pages 209-225

  14. Models as Parts of Distributed Cognitive Systems

    • Ronald N. Giere
    Pages 227-241

  15. Conceptual Models, Inquiry and the Problem of Deriving Normative Claims from a Naturalistic Base

    • Andrew Ward
    Pages 243-257

  16. Dynamic Imagery: A Computational Model of Motion and Visual Analogy

    • David Croft, Paul Thagard
    Pages 259-274

  17. Model-Based Reasoning and Similarity in the World

    • Qiming Yu
    Pages 275-285

  18. Epistemic Artifacts: Michael Faraday’s Search for the Optical Effects of Gold

    • Ryan D. Tweney
    Pages 287-303

  19. Epistemic Mediators and Model-Based Discovery in Science

    • Lorenzo Magnani
    Pages 305-329

  20. Deterministic Models and the “Unimportance of the Inevitable”

    • Claudio Pizzi
    Pages 331-351
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

    Lorenzo Magnani

  • Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA

    Nancy J. Nersessian

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Model-Based Reasoning

  • Book Subtitle: Science, Technology, Values

  • Editors: Lorenzo Magnani, Nancy J. Nersessian

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0605-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-47244-2Published: 31 May 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-5154-2Published: 06 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-0605-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 404

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, Logic, History, general, Artificial Intelligence

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