Idealization and abstraction in scientific modeling
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-018-01919-7
Abstract: AbstractI argue that we cannot adequately characterize idealization and abstraction and the distinction between the two on the grounds that they have distinct semantic properties. By doing so, on the one hand, we focus on… read more here.
Keywords: scientific modeling; abstraction scientific; abstraction; idealization abstraction ... See more keywords