'Of Water Drops and Atomic Nuclei: Analogies and Pursuit Worthiness in Science'
| cam.issuedOnline | 2018-06-28 | |
| cam.orpheus.success | Thu Jan 30 10:54:31 GMT 2020 - Embargo updated | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nyrup, R | |
| dc.contributor.orcid | Nyrup, Rune [0000-0002-9880-6912] | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-08T06:30:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-09-08T06:30:46Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This 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.sponsorship | Leverhulme Trust Research Centre Grant (awarded to the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence) | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.17863/CAM.27169 | |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 1464-3537 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0007-0882 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/279799 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | University of Chicago Press | |
| dc.publisher.url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axy036 | |
| dc.subject | 5003 Philosophy | |
| dc.subject | 50 Philosophy and Religious Studies | |
| dc.subject | 5002 History and Philosophy Of Specific Fields | |
| dc.title | 'Of Water Drops and Atomic Nuclei: Analogies and Pursuit Worthiness in Science' | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dcterms.dateAccepted | 2018-03-28 | |
| prism.endingPage | 903 | |
| prism.issueIdentifier | 3 | |
| prism.publicationDate | 2020 | |
| prism.publicationName | British Journal for the Philosophy of Science | |
| prism.startingPage | 881 | |
| prism.volume | 71 | |
| pubs.funder-project-id | Leverhulme Trust (RC-2015-067) | |
| rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2020-09-01 | |
| rioxxterms.licenseref.uri | http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved | |
| rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
| rioxxterms.version | AM | |
| rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1093/bjps/axy036 |
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