The tyranny of the ideal: Justice in a diverse society

G Gaus - 2016 - torrossa.com
Political PhilosoPhy is ambivalent about the use of moDels. for almost fifty years one model—
the original position—has been a mainstay of political philosophy. From their nearly half …

[图书][B] Modelling nature: An opinionated introduction to scientific representation

R Frigg, J Nguyen - 2020 - Springer
Models matter. Scientists spend much effort on constructing, improving, and testing models,
and countless pages in scientific journals are filled with descriptions of models and their …

[HTML][HTML] Social choice theory

C List - 2013 - plato.stanford.edu
Social choice theory is the study of collective decision procedures and mechanisms. It is not
a single theory, but a cluster of models and results concerning the aggregation of individual …

Models and representation

R Frigg, J Nguyen - Springer handbook of model-based science, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Models are of central importance in many scientific contexts. We study models and
thereby discover features of the phenomena they stand for. For this to be possible models …

[HTML][HTML] Counterfactuals

W Starr - 2019 - plato.stanford.edu
Modal discourse concerns alternative ways things can be, eg, what might be true, what isn't
true but could have been, what should be done. This entry focuses on counterfactual …

Perceived similarity of imagined possible worlds affects judgments of counterfactual plausibility

F De Brigard, P Henne, ML Stanley - Cognition, 2021 - Elsevier
People frequently entertain counterfactual thoughts, or mental simulations about alternative
ways the world could have been. But the perceived plausibility of those counterfactual …

[HTML][HTML] Arrow's theorem

M Morreau - 2014 - plato.stanford.edu
Kenneth Arrow's “impossibility” theorem—or “general possibility” theorem, as he called it—
answers a very basic question in the theory of collective decision-making. Say there are …

[图书][B] A powerful particulars view of causation

RD Ingthorsson - 2021 - library.oapen.org
This book critically examines the recent discussions of powers and powers-based accounts
of causation. The author then develops an original view of powers-based causation that …

Multidimensional adjectives

J D'Ambrosio, B Hedden - Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Multidimensional adjectives are ubiquitous in natural language. An adjective F is
multidimensional just in case whether F applies to an object or pair of objects depends on …

[图书][B] Models and theories: A philosophical inquiry

R Frigg - 2022 - library.oapen.org
Models and theories are of central importance in science, and scientists spend substantial
amounts of time building, testing, comparing and revising models and theories. It is therefore …