Idealization XII : : correcting the model : idealization and abstraction in the sciences / / edited by Martin R. Jones and Nancy Cartwright.

Contents Preface Analytical Table of Contents Kevin D. HOOVER: Quantitative Evaluation of Idealized Models in the New Classical Macroeconomics John PEMBERTON: Why Idealized Models in Economics Have Limited Use Amos FUNKENSTEIN: The Revival of Aristotle's Nature James R. GRIESEMER: The Informati...

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Superior document:Poznan studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; v. 86
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Year of Publication:2005
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Poznan studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; v. 86.
Physical Description:1 online resource (305 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Martin R. Jones and Nancy Cartwright
  • PREFACE / Martin R. Jones and Nancy Cartwright
  • ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS / Martin R. Jones and Nancy Cartwright
  • QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION OF IDEALIZED MODELS IN THE NEW CLASSICAL MACROECONOMICS / Kevin D. Hoover
  • WHY IDEALIZED MODELS IN ECONOMICS HAVE LIMITED USE / John Pemberton
  • THE REVIVAL OF ARISTOTLE’S NATURE / Amos Funkenstein
  • THE INFORMATIONAL GENE AND THE SUBSTANTIAL BODY: ON THE GENERALIZATION OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY BY ABSTRACTION / James R. Griesemer
  • ABSTRACTION VIA GENERIC MODELING IN CONCEPT FORMATION IN SCIENCE / Nancy J. Nersessian
  • APPROXIMATING THE REAL: THE ROLE OF IDEALIZATIONS IN PHYSICAL THEORY / Margaret Morrison
  • IDEALIZATION AND ABSTRACTION: A FRAMEWORK / Martin R. Jones
  • STANDARD TIME / David S. Nivison
  • EVADING THE IRS / James Bogen and James Woodward
  • REALISM IS DEAD / M. Norton Wise
  • IS REALISM DEAD? / Ronald N. Giere
  • POZNAŃ STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE SCIENCES AND THE HUMANITIES / Martin R. Jones and Nancy Cartwright.