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Philosophy of science

the view that scientific models work as partly independent instruments between theory and the world, used for learning about both.

In philosophy of science, models as mediators refers to the view that scientific models work as partly independent instruments between theory and the world, used for learning about both. This meaning comes from Morgan (1999) in Models as mediators: Perspectives on natural and social sciences.[1]

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References

Morgan, M. S., & Morrison, M. (Eds.). (1999). Models as mediators: Perspectives on natural and social sciences. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521655712

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