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- Title
Models at Work—Models in Decision Making.
- Authors
Svetlova, Ekaterina; Dirksen, Vanessa
- Abstract
In recent years, research on modeling in both the philosophy of science and the social studies of science and technology has undergone an acute transformation. Philosophers and social scientists have begun to realize that science, in the words of Carrier and Nordmann, has increasingly shifted its focus from “epistemic or truth-oriented” research to “application-dominated” research. “Science is viewed today as an essentially practical endeavor” (Carrier and Nordmann 2011, 1) and should be considered in the context of its application. In accordance with this re-orienting of science, research on modeling has also changed. Still considering models as genuinely scientific tools, philosophers and social scientists promoted the “practice turn” that suggests a sharper focus on pragmatic issues and the performative and productive role of modeling. Application of models for the resolution of practice-related problems is viewed as an extension of science.
- Subjects
SCIENCE; DECISION making; PHILOSOPHY of science; PHILOSOPHERS; SOCIAL scientists
- Publication
Science in Context (0269-8897), 2014, Vol 27, Issue 4, p561
- ISSN
0269-8897
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0269889714000209