Author Description

The Productive Tension: Mechanisms Vs. Templates In Modeling The Phenomena / Tarja Knuuttila And Andrea Loettgers -- Theories Or Models?: The Case Of Algebraic Quantum Field Theory / Tracy Lupher -- Modeling And Experimenting / Isabelle Peschard -- Model Dynamics: Epistemological Perspectives On Science And Its Education / Michael Stoeltzner -- Weak Emergence And Computer Simulation / Mark Bedau -- Agent-based Modeling And The Fallacies Of Individualism / Brian Epstein -- Scientific Models, Simulation, And The Experimenter's Regress / Axel Gelfert -- Simulation And The Sense Of Understanding / Jaakko Kuorikoski -- Models And Simulations In Brain Experiments / Patrick Suppes -- Representing With Physical Models / Ronald Giere -- The Truth Of False Idealizations In Modeling / Uskali M?ki -- Idealized Models As Inferentially Veridical Representations: A Conceptual Framework / Juha Saatsi -- Formats Of Representation In Scientific Theorizing / Marion Vorms. Edited By Paul Humphreys And Cyrille Imbert. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.