Re-presenting Scientific Representation

L' ISP, le centre centre CEFISES, et le groupe de contact FNRS OLOFOS ((Onto-)LOgical Frameworks Of Science) ont le plaisir de vous inviter à la seconde séance du séminaire OLOFOS de cette année, dont le thème général sera :

"Scientific modelization: content and convention".

Seconde séance: "Re-presenting Scientific Representation".

Conférencier: Roman Frigg, London School of Economics and Political Science

Répondant: Quentin Ruyant, Complutense University of Madrid

Argumentaire : 

Many scientific models are representations. But what does it mean for a model to represent something beyond itself? There are number of suggestions available, but none is entirely satisfactory. We present an alternative account of representation, which we call the DEKI account. It offers a complex kind of representation involving an interplay of four elements: denotation, exemplification, keying up of properties, and imputation, which also give the account its name. We explain the various elements of the account and illustrate its working with a physical model, the so-called Phillips-Newlyn machine. We then show how the account can be carried over to other kinds of models, notably fictional and mathematical models. This shows that DEKI is universal account of how models represent their respective target systems.

Lien YouTube : https://youtu.be/g7VN1nw3ztQ