Modelos, idealizaciones y ficciones: Una crítica del ficcionalismo

Autores
Cassini, Alejandro Pablo F.
Año de publicación
2013
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español castellano
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Descripción
Fictionalism in philosophy of science has had a second life when it was restated in terms of models. In this paper I first criticize Vaihinger’s conception of fictions as false but expedient assumptions. I argue that most of his examples of scientific fictions are either idealizations or conventions. I then criticize Fine’s brand of fictionalism, which is rooted on the pervasive practice of modelling and simulation in contemporary sciences. Fine conceives of models as useful fictions. I contend that whereas all scientific models are idealized to some degree, not all of them include fictional elements. I conclude that it is possible to regard scientific models as global representations of phenomena, even when they make use of fictions.
Fil: Cassini, Alejandro Pablo F.. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Filosofía "Dr. Alejandro Korn"; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Materia
FICCIONALISMO
REPRESENTACIÓN
IDEALIZACIÓN
ORBITALES ATÓMICOS
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title Modelos, idealizaciones y ficciones: Una crítica del ficcionalismo
spellingShingle Modelos, idealizaciones y ficciones: Una crítica del ficcionalismo
Cassini, Alejandro Pablo F.
FICCIONALISMO
REPRESENTACIÓN
IDEALIZACIÓN
ORBITALES ATÓMICOS
title_short Modelos, idealizaciones y ficciones: Una crítica del ficcionalismo
title_full Modelos, idealizaciones y ficciones: Una crítica del ficcionalismo
title_fullStr Modelos, idealizaciones y ficciones: Una crítica del ficcionalismo
title_full_unstemmed Modelos, idealizaciones y ficciones: Una crítica del ficcionalismo
title_sort Modelos, idealizaciones y ficciones: Una crítica del ficcionalismo
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cassini, Alejandro Pablo F.
author Cassini, Alejandro Pablo F.
author_facet Cassini, Alejandro Pablo F.
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv FICCIONALISMO
REPRESENTACIÓN
IDEALIZACIÓN
ORBITALES ATÓMICOS
topic FICCIONALISMO
REPRESENTACIÓN
IDEALIZACIÓN
ORBITALES ATÓMICOS
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Fictionalism in philosophy of science has had a second life when it was restated in terms of models. In this paper I first criticize Vaihinger’s conception of fictions as false but expedient assumptions. I argue that most of his examples of scientific fictions are either idealizations or conventions. I then criticize Fine’s brand of fictionalism, which is rooted on the pervasive practice of modelling and simulation in contemporary sciences. Fine conceives of models as useful fictions. I contend that whereas all scientific models are idealized to some degree, not all of them include fictional elements. I conclude that it is possible to regard scientific models as global representations of phenomena, even when they make use of fictions.
Fil: Cassini, Alejandro Pablo F.. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Filosofía "Dr. Alejandro Korn"; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description Fictionalism in philosophy of science has had a second life when it was restated in terms of models. In this paper I first criticize Vaihinger’s conception of fictions as false but expedient assumptions. I argue that most of his examples of scientific fictions are either idealizations or conventions. I then criticize Fine’s brand of fictionalism, which is rooted on the pervasive practice of modelling and simulation in contemporary sciences. Fine conceives of models as useful fictions. I contend that whereas all scientific models are idealized to some degree, not all of them include fictional elements. I conclude that it is possible to regard scientific models as global representations of phenomena, even when they make use of fictions.
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