A concrete example of representational licensing: The Mississippi River Basin Model.
Mississippi river basin model
Models
Representational licensing
Scale-model
Scientific representation
Journal
Studies in history and philosophy of science
ISSN: 0039-3681
Titre abrégé: Stud Hist Philos Sci
Pays: England
ID NLM: 1250602
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
04 2022
04 2022
Historique:
received:
20
06
2020
revised:
20
12
2021
accepted:
09
01
2022
pubmed:
2
2
2022
medline:
7
4
2022
entrez:
1
2
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Previously, I (Boesch 2017) described a notion called "representational licensing"-the set of activities of scientific practice by which scientists establish the intended representational use of a vehicle. In this essay, I expand and develop this concept of representational licensing. I begin by showing how the concept is of value for both pragmatic and substantive approaches to scientific representation. Then, through the examination of a case study of the Mississippi River Basin Model, I point out and explain some of the activities of representational licensing that help to establish the representational nature of this model. Throughout the exploration of the case study, I pause to identify some important lessons which apply more generally about the nature of representational licensing in science.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35104724
pii: S0039-3681(22)00002-4
doi: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2022.01.002
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
36-44Informations de copyright
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