'Of Water Drops and Atomic Nuclei: Analogies and Pursuit Worthiness in Science'

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cam.issuedOnline2018-06-28
cam.orpheus.successThu Jan 30 10:54:31 GMT 2020 - Embargo updated
dc.contributor.authorNyrup, R
dc.contributor.orcidNyrup, Rune [0000-0002-9880-6912]
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-08T06:30:46Z
dc.date.available2018-09-08T06:30:46Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractThis paper highlights a use of analogies in science that so far has received relatively little systematic discussion: providing reasons for pursuing a model or theory. Using the development of the liquid drop model as a test case, I critically assess two extant pursuit worthiness accounts: (i) that analogies justify pursuit by supporting plausibility arguments and (ii) that analogies can serve as a guide to potential theoretical unification. Neither of these fit the liquid drop model case. Instead, I develop an alternative account, based on the idea that analogies facilitate the transfer of a well-understood modelling strategy to a new domain.
dc.description.sponsorshipLeverhulme Trust Research Centre Grant (awarded to the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence)
dc.identifier.doi10.17863/CAM.27169
dc.identifier.eissn1464-3537
dc.identifier.issn0007-0882
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/279799
dc.publisherUniversity of Chicago Press
dc.publisher.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axy036
dc.subject5003 Philosophy
dc.subject50 Philosophy and Religious Studies
dc.subject5002 History and Philosophy Of Specific Fields
dc.title'Of Water Drops and Atomic Nuclei: Analogies and Pursuit Worthiness in Science'
dc.typeArticle
dcterms.dateAccepted2018-03-28
prism.endingPage903
prism.issueIdentifier3
prism.publicationDate2020
prism.publicationNameBritish Journal for the Philosophy of Science
prism.startingPage881
prism.volume71
pubs.funder-project-idLeverhulme Trust (RC-2015-067)
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rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review
rioxxterms.versionAM
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1093/bjps/axy036
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