{"product_id":"simulation-and-similarity-using-models-to-understand-the-world-9780190265120","title":"Simulation and Similarity: Using Models to Understand the World","description":"In the 1950s, John Reber convinced many Californians that the best way to solve the state's water shortage problem was to dam up the San Francisco Bay. Against massive political pressure, Reber's opponents persuaded lawmakers that doing so would lead to disaster. They did this not by empirical\u003cbr\u003emeasurement alone, but also through the construction of a model. \u003cem\u003eSimulation and Similarit\u003c\/em\u003ey explains why this was a good strategy while simultaneously providing an account of modeling and idealization in modern scientific practice. Michael Weisberg focuses on concrete, mathematical, and computational\u003cbr\u003emodels in his consideration of the nature of models, the practice of modeling, and nature of the relationship between models and real-world phenomena. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn addition to a careful analysis of physical, computational, and mathematical models, \u003cem\u003eSimulation and Similarity\u003c\/em\u003e offers a novel account of the model\/world relationship. Breaking with the dominant tradition, which favors the analysis of this relation through logical notions such as isomorphism, \u003cbr\u003eWeisberg instead presents a similarity-based account called \u003cem\u003eweighted feature matching\u003c\/em\u003e. This account is developed with an eye to understanding how modeling is actually practiced. Consequently, it takes into account the ways in which scientists' theoretical goals shape both the applications and the\u003cbr\u003eanalyses of their models.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Weisberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190265120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Weisberg\u003c\/strong\u003e is Department Chair and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40377892536435,"sku":"9.78019E+12","price":82.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_af341cca-461c-48d2-b883-3c46e1fd1a3b.jpg?v=1661261621","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/simulation-and-similarity-using-models-to-understand-the-world-9780190265120","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}