Models on the move
Autor: | Seamus Bradley, Karim P. Y. Thébault |
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Přispěvatelé: | Tilburg Center for Logic, Ethics and Philosophy of Science |
Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
Value (ethics)
History Unification media_common.quotation_subject Interdisciplinarity Context (language use) 050905 science studies 0603 philosophy ethics and religion Idealisation Extension (metaphysics) History and Philosophy of Science Models Phenomenon Sociology Social science Function (engineering) media_common Scientific imperialism 05 social sciences Centre for Science and Philosophy 06 humanities and the arts Epistemology 060302 philosophy 0509 other social sciences Knowledge transfer |
Zdroj: | Studies in History and Philosophy of Science: Part A, 77, 81-92. Elsevier Limited Bradley, S & Thébault, K P Y 2019, ' Models on the move : Migration and imperialism ', Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, vol. 77, pp. 81-92 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2017.11.008 |
ISSN: | 1879-2510 0039-3681 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.shpsa.2017.11.008 |
Popis: | We introduce ‘model migration’ as a species of cross-disciplinary knowledge transfer whereby the representational function of a model is radically changed to allow application to a new disciplinary context. Controversies and confusions that often derive from this phenomenon will be illustrated in the context of econophysics and phylogeographic linguistics. Migration can be usefully contrasted with the concept of ‘imperialism’, which has been influentially discussed in the context of geographical economics. In particular, imperialism, unlike migration, relies upon extension of the original model via an expansion of the domain of phenomena it is taken to adequately describe. The success of imperialism thus requires expansion of the justificatory sanctioning of the original idealising assumptions to a new disciplinary context. Contrastingly, successful migration involves the radical representational re-interpretation of the original model, rather than its extension. Migration thus requires ‘re-sanctioning’ of new ‘counterpart idealisations’ to allow application to an entirely different class of phenomena. Whereas legitimate scientific imperialism should be based on the pursuit of some form of ontological unification, no such requirement is needed to legitimate the practice of model migration. The distinction between migration and imperialism will thus be shown to have significant normative as well as descriptive value. |
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