The Explanatory Power of Models 2002
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-4676-6_12
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Computer Modelling of Theory: Explanation for the 21st Century

Abstract: It is only now that we have the ability to do complex calculations and simulations that we are discovering that a great many systems seem to have an inherent complexity that cannot be simplified…. Glenn W. Rowe in Theoretical Models in Biology.

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“…: 17). Pour résumer, cette notion est devenue une thématique importante de la philosophie des sciences (Burch, 1999 ;Frigg, Hartmann, 2006).…”
Section: La Modélisation En Scienceunclassified
“…: 17). Pour résumer, cette notion est devenue une thématique importante de la philosophie des sciences (Burch, 1999 ;Frigg, Hartmann, 2006).…”
Section: La Modélisation En Scienceunclassified
“…In a field where empirical data in relation to the natural world is far more lacking than in biology, and in which simulation seems to be viewed as a means for enhancing the ability of social scientists to produce and test sensible theories, then producing and testing those theories in relation to a virtual society without direct connection to real society is quite a wasteful pursuit. Indeed, Burch (2002) contends that computer simulations in social science will revolutionise the field by embracing this theoretical complexity and tying it directly to empirically-relevant questions.…”
Section: Rejecting the Pss Hypothesis For Societymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This approach holds that the economic, social, cultural, psychological, political, and other components of a given society do not vary independently but on the contrary evolve as a whole. The system's complexity leads to modeling by means of macro-simulation or micro-simulation (Van Imhoff and Post, 1997Post, , 1998Burch, 2002). Unfortunately, such models often produce a simplification of the links between the system's elements, which can quickly result in very different changes from those ultimately observed.…”
Section: Current Extensions Of the Approachmentioning
confidence: 99%