Rigorous results, cross-model justification, and the transfer of empirical warrant: The case of many-body models in physics

Synthese

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 497-519

  Gelfert, Axel ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Coherence; Indirect confirmation; Many body models; Model based representation; Models as mediators; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650458350     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-008-9431-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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