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Towards a General Definition of Modeling
Karlis Podniekssubject
models:HUMANITIES and RELIGION [Research Subject Categories]modelingmodel templateDappled Worlddescription
What is a model? Surprisingly, in philosophical texts, this question is asked (sometimes), but almost never – answered. Instead of a general answer, usually, some classification of models is considered. The broadest possible definition of modeling could sound as follows: a model is anything that is (or could be) used, for some purpose, in place of something else. If the purpose is “answering questions”, then one has a cognitive model. Could such a broad definition be useful? Isn't it empty? Can one derive useful consequences from it? I'm trying to show that there is a lot of them.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
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| 2010-11-24 |