2015
Epistemic contributions of models: Conditions for propositional learning
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Perspectives on Science , Volume 23 - Issue 4 p. 405- 423
This article analyzes the epistemic contributions of models by distinguishing three roles that they might play: an evidential role, a revealing role and a stimulating role. By using an account of learning based on the philosophical understanding of propositional knowledge as true justified belief, the paper provides the conditions to be fulfilled by a model in order to play a determined role. A case study of an economic model of the labor market—the DMP model— illustrates the usefulness of these conditions in articulating debates over the epistemic contributions of a given model.
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doi.org/10.1162/POSC_a_00181, hdl.handle.net/1765/81562 | |
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Organisation | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
Claveau, F., & Vergara Fernández, M. (2015). Epistemic contributions of models: Conditions for propositional learning. Perspectives on Science, 23(4), 405–423. doi:10.1162/POSC_a_00181 |