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Through the prism of modal epistemology: Perspectives on modal modeling
University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Philosophy and History, Philosophy.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6727-8723
2025 (English)In: Modeling the Possible: Perspectives from Philosophy of Science, Informa UK Limited , 2025, p. 27-47Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Several philosophers of science have drawn attention to a number of modeling practices, where scientific models primarily contribute modal information. Examples now abound, and, recently, there have also been some preliminary attempts to address questions of under what conditions, and by virtue of what, models can perform this modal epistemic function. This chapter sets out to constructively review those attempts through a prism of the more general literature on the epistemology of modality. One aim of this exercise is to expose the underlying justificatory strategies of the modal modeling accounts-which are strikingly convergent with those already identified by modal epistemologists. Another aim is to highlight some challenges familiar to modal epistemology and discuss the form they take in the context of modal modeling as well as the resources that modal modeling accounts have for dealing with them. This is all done with an eye to pointing out ways forward in further developing the work on the epistemology of modal modeling.

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Informa UK Limited , 2025. p. 27-47
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-359854DOI: 10.4324/9781003342816-3Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85216658809OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-359854DiVA, id: diva2:1937163
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