Affiliation:
1. Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna, Austria
2. Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Abstract
Abstract
In philosophy of science, abstraction tends to be subsumed under representation, often being described as the omission of a target’s features when it is represented. This approach to abstraction sidesteps cognitive aspects of abstraction processes. However, cognitive aspects of abstraction are important in understanding the role of historically grounded epistemic criteria supporting modeling in science. Drawing on recent work on the relation between metaphor and abstraction, we introduce the concept of paths of abstraction, and use historical and contemporary examples to point to their role in guiding the development of relevance criteria which support modeling strategies in science.
Subject
History and Philosophy of Science,Multidisciplinary
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