Overview
- Offers an interdisciplinary perspective on the role of models in cognition
- Reports on models and inferences, and on related historical and technological issues
- Gathers revised contributions presented at MBR18, held on October 24-26, 2018, in Seville, Spain
Part of the book series: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics (SAPERE, volume 49)
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Conference proceedings info: MBR 2018.
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Table of contents (27 papers)
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Front Matter
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Models, Mental Models, and Representations
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Abduction, Problem Solving, and Practical Reasoning
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Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology
Keywords
- Mental Models
- Abductive Cognition
- Eco-Cognitive Models
- Diagram in linguistics
- Best explanation of complex phenomena
- Model-based science
- Fictionalism in science
- Criteria for evo-devo models
- Representation of action concepts
- Epistemic feelings
- Creative realism
- Evidential reasoning
- Mental simulation
- Linguistic models
- Default reasoning
- MBR18
- Causal asymmetry
About this book
This book discusses how scientific and other types of cognition make use of models, abduction, and explanatory reasoning in order to produce important and innovative changes in theories and concepts. Gathering revised contributions presented at the international conference on Model-Based Reasoning (MBR18), held on October 24–26 2018 in Seville, Spain, the book is divided into three main parts. The first focuses on models, reasoning, and representation. It highlights key theoretical concepts from an applied perspective, and addresses issues concerning information visualization, experimental methods, and design. The second part goes a step further, examining abduction, problem solving, and reasoning. The respective papers assess different types of reasoning, and discuss various concepts of inference and creativity and their relationship with experimental data. In turn, the third part reports on a number of epistemological and technological issues. By analyzing possible contradictions in modern research and describing representative case studies, this part is intended to foster new discussions and stimulate new ideas. All in all, the book provides researchers and graduate students in the fields of applied philosophy, epistemology, cognitive science, and artificial intelligence alike with an authoritative snapshot of the latest theories and applications of model-based reasoning.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology
Book Subtitle: Inferential Models for Logic, Language, Cognition and Computation
Editors: Ángel Nepomuceno-Fernández, Lorenzo Magnani, Francisco J. Salguero-Lamillar, Cristina Barés-Gómez, Matthieu Fontaine
Series Title: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32722-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-32721-7Published: 26 October 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-32724-8Published: 26 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-32722-4Published: 24 October 2019
Series ISSN: 2192-6255
Series E-ISSN: 2192-6263
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 502
Number of Illustrations: 64 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour
Topics: Epistemology, Cognitive Psychology, Artificial Intelligence, Methodology of the Social Sciences