Document Type : Concept
Author
Ph.D. student of Philosophy of Science, Humanities Research Institute
Abstract
The nature and essence of scientific models have been the focus of attention and study by philosophers of science in the last three decades. The reason for this is the central and prominent role of models in scientific activity. What we consider models to be has a direct impact on our realist or anti-realist attitude towards science, the explanation of scientific representation, the understanding of the relevance and relationship of models and theories, and the answers to philosophical questions raised regarding the ontology of scientific entities and scientific epistemology. In this conceptual paper, a plan for the nature of scientific models is proposed, based on the approach and teachings of critical rationality and the philosophy of artifacts. In this plan, models are assumed to be objective products of the human mind that are designed, constructed, and used as artifacts for a specific purpose, and this intentionality is an important part of their nature.
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