Universality and Modeling Limiting Behaviors

Philosophy of Science 87 (5):829-840 (2020)
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Most attempts to justify the use of idealized models to explain appeal to the accuracy of the model with respect to difference-making causes. In this article, I argue for an alternative way to just...

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How scientific models can explain.Alisa Bokulich - 2011 - Synthese 180 (1):33 - 45.
Minimal Model Explanations.Robert W. Batterman & Collin C. Rice - 2014 - Philosophy of Science 81 (3):349-376.
When mechanistic models explain.Carl F. Craver - 2006 - Synthese 153 (3):355-376.
Models and fiction.Roman Frigg - 2007 - Synthese 172 (2):251-268.

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