Models and the dynamics of theory-building in physics. II: Case studies

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2006.10.005zbMath1223.82005MaRDI QIDQ643076

Gérard G. Emch

Publication date: 27 October 2011

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2006.10.005

zbMATH Keywords

models; epistemology; theory construction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81P05: General and philosophical questions in quantum theory

82B03: Foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics

00A71: General theory of mathematical modeling

01A05: General histories, source books

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