Un enfoque inferencial y dinámico de la modelización y de la comprensión en biología
- Rodrigo Lopez-Orellana
- Juan Redmond
- David Cortés-García
ISSN: 0719-4242, 0719-4234
Year of publication: 2019
Issue: 14
Pages: 315-334
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista de Humanidades de Valparaíso
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Abstract
This paper aims to propose an inferential and dynamic approach to understanding with models in biology. Understanding plays a central role in the practice of modeling. From its links with the other two central elements of scientific research, experimentation and explanation, we show its epistemic relevance to the case of explanation in biology. Furthermore, by including the notion of understanding, we propose a non-referentialist perspective on scientific models, which is determined by their use