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Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology

Theoretical and Cognitive Issues

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  • Recent advances in Model-Based Reasoning research and in its applications to science and technology
  • Proceedings of Model-Based Reasoning 2012 ITALY (MBR_012)
  • Written by leading experts in the field

Part of the book series: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics (SAPERE, volume 8)

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Table of contents (34 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Models, Mental Models, Representations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Some Ways of Thinking

      • Barbara Tversky
      Pages 3-8
    3. Against Fictionalism

      • John Woods
      Pages 9-42
    4. Fear-Driven Inference: Mechanisms of Gut Overreaction

      • Paul Thagard, A. David Nussbaum
      Pages 43-53
    5. Whatā€™s in a Diagram?

      • Mikkel Willum Johansen
      Pages 89-108
    6. Mechanism and Phenomenon of Consciousness

      • Paolo Pecere
      Pages 141-157
  3. Abduction, Problem Solving and Practical Reasoning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Understanding Abduction

      • Lorenzo Magnani
      Pages 173-205
    3. Generation of Hypotheses by Ampliation of Data

      • Emiliano Ippoliti
      Pages 247-262
    4. Icon and Abduction: Situatedness in Peircean Cognitive Semiotics

      • Pedro AtĆ£, JoĆ£o Queiroz
      Pages 301-313

About this book

This book contains contributions presented during the international conference on Model-Based Reasoning (MBRĀ“012), held on June 21-23 in Sestri Levante, Italy. Ā Interdisciplinary researchers discuss in this volume how scientific cognition and other kinds of cognition make use of models, abduction, and explanatory reasoning in order to produce important or creative changes in theories and concepts. Some of the contributions analyzed the problem of model-based reasoning in technology and stressed the issues of scientific and technological innovation. The book is divided in three main parts: models, mental models, representations; abduction, problem solving and practical reasoning; historical, epistemological and technological issues.

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The volume is based on the papers that were presented at the international

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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Humanities Philosophy Section, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

    Lorenzo Magnani

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eBook USD 169.00
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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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