A theory of scientific model construction: The conceptual process of abstraction and concretisation

Foundations of Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-88

  Portides, Demetris P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Abstraction; Cartwright; Concretisation; De idealisation; Idealisation; McMullin; Models; Nuclear models; Representation models; Scientific models; Semantic view; Single particle shell model; Suppe; Unified model

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTION; CARTWRIGHT; CONCRETISATION; DE-IDEALISATION; IDEALISATION; MCMULLIN; NUCLEAR MODEL; REPRESENTATION MODEL; SEMANTIC VIEWS; SHELL MODELS; SUPPE; UNIFIED MODELING;

MODELS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; SEMANTICS;

ABSTRACTING;

EID: 29444449722     PISSN: 12331821     EISSN: 15728471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10699-005-3006-5     Document Type: Article

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