Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology Theoretical and Cognitive Issues /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Magnani, Lorenzo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics, 8
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Epistemology.; Philosophy of mind.; Philosophy and science.; Computer simulation.; Cognitive psychology.; Philosophy of Science.; Cognitive Psychology.; Simulation and Modeling.; Philosophy of Mind.

This book contains contributions presented during the international conference on Model-Based Reasoning (MBR´012), held on June 21-23 in Sestri Levante, Italy.  Interdisciplinary researchers discuss in this volume how scientific cognition and other kinds of cognition make use of models, abduction, a...

Table of Contents:

• Models, Mental models, Representations
• Abduction, Problem solving and Practical reasoning
• Historical, Epistemological and Technological issues.