2014-2015
6 June 2015, 3pm, SST 777 Nora Boyd (Pittsburgh), “Are Astrophysical Models Permanently Underdetermined?” Abstract: Transient underdetermination is germane to scientific practice; modelers often elaborate multiple plausible alternatives to a scientific problem and then seek empirical constraints on these models. In contrast, permanent underdetermination undercuts the aim of increasing the representational fidelity of models. Renewing […]