Network theory provides an intuitively appealing framework for studying relationships
among interconnected brain mechanisms and their relevance to behaviour. As the space of …

In this paper, I go back to Bas van Fraassen's seminal discussion of perspectivity in the
context of scientific representation as a springboard for distinguishing between two possible …

While discussions of the imagination have been limited in philosophy of science, this is
beginning to change. In recent years, a vast literature on imagination in science has …

Models are of central importance in many scientific contexts. The centrality of models such
as inflationary models in cosmology, general-circulation models of the global climate, the …

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 …

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 …

Science provides us with representations of atoms, elementary particles, polymers,
populations, pandemics, economies, rational decisions, aeroplanes, earthquakes, forest …

Agent-based simulations have become increasingly prominent in various disciplines. This
trend is positive, but it comes with challenges: while there are more and more standards for …

Storylistening makes the case for the urgent need to take stories seriously in order to
improve public reasoning. Dillon and Craig provide a theory and practice for gathering …

The goal of this article is to address the problem of inconsistent models and the challenge it
poses for perspectivism. I analyze the argument, draw attention to some hidden premises …