James Owen Weatherall est un physicien, philosophe et mathématicien dont le travail explore les liens profonds entre la science et la philosophie. Il examine comment les concepts mathématiques façonnent notre compréhension de l'univers et comment les questions philosophiques influencent le progrès scientifique. L'écriture de Weatherall est reconnue pour sa clarté et sa capacité à rendre des idées complexes accessibles à un large public.
This Element will overview research using models to understand scientific practice. It argues that while these models are epistemically useful, the best way to employ most of them to understand and improve science is in combination with empirical methods and other sorts of theorizing.
A Harvard scholar argues that mathematical models can provide solutions to current economic challenges, explaining that the economic meltdown of 2008 was based on a misunderstanding of scientific models rather than on the models themselves.