Holism, entrenchment, and the future of climate model pluralism

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 253-262

  Lenhard, Johannes ^a   Winsberg, Eric ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Confirmational holism; Model pluralism; Modeling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957162108     PISSN: 13552198     EISSN: 18792502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsb.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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