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Title The experimental side of modeling / Isabelle F. Peschard and Bas C. van Fraassen, editors.

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Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2018]

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Description	1 online resource (viii, 325 pages).
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	computer c rdamedia
	online resource cr rdacarrier
Series	Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science ; volume 21
	Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 21.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Models of Experiments; 2. Dynamics, Data, and Noise in the Cognitive Sciences; 3. Articulating the World: Experimental Practice and Conceptual Understanding; 4. Modeling/Experimentation: The Synthetic Strategy in the Study of Genetic Circuits; 5. Will Your Policy Work? Experiments versus Models; 6. Causal Content and Global Laws: Grounding Modality in Experimental Practice; 7. Experimental Flukes and Statistical Modeling in the Higgs Discovery; 8. Values and Evidence in Model-Based Climate Forecasting
	9. Validating Idealized ModelsSymposium on Measurement; 10. Introduction: The Changing Debates about Measurement; 11. Measurement Accuracy Realism; 12. Let's Take the Metaphysical Bull by the Horns; 13. Taking the Metaphysical Bull by the Horns: Completing the Job; Contributors; Index of Names; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Index of Subjects; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V
Note	Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 13, 2018).
Subject	Science -- Experiments -- Methodology.
	Science -- Methodology.
	Experimental design.
	Sciences -- Expériences -- Méthodologie.
	Sciences -- Méthodologie.
	Plan d'expérience.
	REFERENCE -- Questions & Answers.
	PHILOSOPHY -- Essays.
	Experimental design
	Science -- Experiments -- Methodology
	Science -- Methodology
Added Author	Peschard, Isabelle F., editor.
	Van Fraassen, Bas C., 1941- editor.
Other Form:	Print version: Experimental side of modeling. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2018] 9781517905330 (DLC) 2018001583
ISBN	9781452957456 (electronic bk.)
	1452957452 (electronic bk.)
	9781452957449 (electronic bk.)
	1452957444 (electronic bk.)
	1517905338
	9781517905330
	1517905346
	9781517905347
	9781517905330 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
	9781517905347 (pb ; alk. paper)