Modelos científicos: significado y papel en la práctica científica
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Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas
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El propósito de este artículo es contribuir a una mejor comprensión de los modelos científicos como uno de los componentes clave de la naturaleza de la ciencia. Para ello se aborda, en primer lugar, el significado epistemológico de los modelos científicos y su papel en la práctica científica. A continuación, se trata la función de los modelos científicos como intermediarios o mediadores entre una teoría y el mundo real, la cual está relacionada con el carácter parcialmente autónomo de los modelos respecto de ambos. Se incluyen varios ejemplos de modelos científicos para ilustrar la exposición sobre el funcionamiento de los modelos científicos. El artículo concluye con una breve referencia a las concepciones epistemológicas semanticista e instrumentalista sobre los modelos, que discurren paralelas al debate clásico entre el realismo y el pragmatismo acerca de la interpretación de las teorías científicas.
This article aims to contribute to a better understanding of the scientific models as a key component of the nature of science. For this, firstly the epistemological meaning of the scientific models and their role in the scientific practice are discussed. Secondly the function of the scientific models as intermediaries or mediators between theory and real world is addressed. This function is based on the partially autonomic character of the scientific models with regard to the latter. In order to illustrate the exposition of it various examples are included. The article concludes with a brief reference to both the semanticist and instrumentalist epistemological conceptions regarding the models, which run parallel with the classical debate between realism and pragmatism around the interpretation of scientific theories.
This article aims to contribute to a better understanding of the scientific models as a key component of the nature of science. For this, firstly the epistemological meaning of the scientific models and their role in the scientific practice are discussed. Secondly the function of the scientific models as intermediaries or mediators between theory and real world is addressed. This function is based on the partially autonomic character of the scientific models with regard to the latter. In order to illustrate the exposition of it various examples are included. The article concludes with a brief reference to both the semanticist and instrumentalist epistemological conceptions regarding the models, which run parallel with the classical debate between realism and pragmatism around the interpretation of scientific theories.
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scientific models, modelling, scientific practice, semanticism, instrumentalism, modelos científicos, modelización, práctica de la ciencia, semanticismo, instrumentalismo