Incluye referencias bibliográficas.

1. Introduction -- 2. Models as mediating instruments / Margaret Morrison and Mary S. Morgan -- 3. Models as autonomous agents / Margaret Morrison -- 4. Built-in justification / Marcel Boumans -- 5. The Ising model, computer simulation, and universal physics / R. I. G. Hughes -- 6. Techniques of modelling and paper-tools in classical chemistry / Ursula Klein -- 7. The role of models in the application of scientific theories / Mauricio Suárez -- 8. Knife-edge caricature modelling / Geert Reuten -- 9. Models and the limits of theory / Nancy Cartwright -- 10. Past measurements and future prediction / Adrienne van den Bogaard.

Models as Mediators discusses the ways in which models function in modern science, particularly in the fields of physics and economics. Models play a variety of roles in the sciences: they are used in the development, exploration and application of theories and in measurement methods. They also provide instruments for using scientific concepts and principles to intervene in the world. The editors provide a framework which covers the construction and function of scientific models, and explore the ways in which they enable us to learn about both theories and the world. The contributors to the volume offer their own individual theoretical perspectives to cover a wide range of examples of modelling, from physics, economics and chemistry. These papers provide ideal case-study material for understanding both the concepts and typical elements of modelling, using analytical approaches from the philosophy and history of science.

Cómo citar éste libro con Normas APA:
Morgan, M. S., Morrison, M. (eds). (1999). Models as mediators : perspectives on natural ans social science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Bibliografía de la asignatura Metodología de la economía. Licenciatura en Economía (plan 2009), 2do semestre.