Ideal objects as models in science |
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| Authors: | Władysław Krajewski |
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| Institution: | University of Warsaw, Institute of Philosophy , ul.Pulawska 26, m.20, Warsaw, P‐02–512, Poland |
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| Abstract: | Three main concepts of model in science are distinguished: (1) semantical model of a theory; (2) real model of another real thing; (3) mathematical model of a real thing. The last concept is the most important for the empirical sciences. The mathematical model is not identical with a theory: it is an ideal object which is directly described by the theory. We have here an intermediate level between reality and theory. |
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