Editors:
- Offers an interdisciplinary perspective on the role of models in cognition
- Reports on models and inferences, as well as related historical and technological issues
- Gathers revised contributions presented at MBR’015, held on June 25-27 in Sestri Levante, Italy
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics (SAPERE, volume 27)
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Table of contents (38 papers)
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Front Matter
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Models, Mental Models, and Representations
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Abduction, Problem Solving, and Practical Reasoning
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About this book
This book discusses how scientific and other types of cognition make use of models, abduction, and explanatory reasoning in order to produce important or creative changes in theories and concepts. It includes revised contributions presented during the international conference on Model-Based Reasoning (MBR’015), held on June 25-27 in Sestri Levante, Italy. The book is divided into three main parts, the first of which focuses on models, reasoning and representation. It highlights key theoretical concepts from an applied perspective, addressing issues concerning information visualization, experimental methods and design. The second part goes a step further, examining abduction, problem solving and reasoning. The respective contributions analyze different types of reasoning, discussing various concepts of inference and creativity and their relationship with experimental data. In turn, the third part reports on a number of historical, epistemological and technological issues. By analyzing possible contradictions in modern research and describing representative case studies in experimental research, this part aims at fostering new discussions and stimulating new ideas. All in all, the book provides researchers and graduate students in the field of applied philosophy, epistemology, cognitive science and artificial intelligence alike with an authoritative snapshot of current theories and applications of model-based reasoning.
Keywords
- Mental Models
- Abductive Cognition
- Eco-Cognitive Models
- No-Miracle Argument
- Strong Predictivism
- Explorative Experiments
- Thought Experiments
- Cognitive Niche Construction
- Analogy-Making
- Analogy As Categorization
- Human Game Playing
- Human Problem Solving
- Diagrams In Scientific Practice
- Real-World Experiments
- Simulative Model-Based Reasoning
- Computer Models
- Scientific Realism
- Embodied Cognition
- Model-Based Design
- MBR’015
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Humanities, Philosophy Section, and Computational Philosophy Laboratory, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Lorenzo Magnani
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Department of Philosophy, Education and Economical-Quantitative Sciences, University of Chieti and Pescara, Chieti, Italy
Claudia Casadio
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology
Book Subtitle: Logical, Epistemological, and Cognitive Issues
Editors: Lorenzo Magnani, Claudia Casadio
Series Title: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-38983-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-38982-0Published: 02 July 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81784-2Published: 07 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-38983-7Published: 01 July 2016
Series ISSN: 2192-6255
Series E-ISSN: 2192-6263
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 678
Number of Illustrations: 35 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
Topics: Epistemology, Computational Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence, Logic