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The book answers long-standing questions on scientific modeling and§inference across multiple perspectives and disciplines, including logic,§mathematics, physics and medicine. The different chapters cover a variety of§issues, such as the role models play in scientific practice; the way science§shapes our concept of models; ways of modeling the pursuit of scientific§knowledge; the relationship between our concept of models and our concept of§science. The book also discusses models and scientific explanations; models in§the semantic view of theories; the applicability of mathematical models to the§real world and their effectiveness; the links between models and inferences;§and models as a means for acquiring new knowledge. It analyzes different§examples of models in physics, biology, mathematics and engineering. Written§for researchers and graduate students, it provides a cross-disciplinary§reference guide to the notion and the use of models and inferences in science.§
