Idealized, inaccurate but successful: A pragmatic approach to evaluating models in theoretical ecology

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 231-255

  Odenbaugh, Jay ^a  

^a LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Ecology; Heuristic; Idealization; Mathematics; Model; Pragmatism; Prediction; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749430823     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-004-0478-6     Document Type: Article

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