Tobias Henschen - What is a scientific model?

FRIAS Lunch Lecture from 24 October 2019 with PD Dr. Tobias Henschen from the Unversity of Freiburg
models (e.g. one of distinguishing different types of scientific models) is not going to help us with that question. I will then discuss and ultimately dismiss two philosophical (or normative) accounts of scientific models: one that answers the above question by considering the relation between models and theories, and one that defines scientific models in terms of structures. I will finally put up for discussion whether we can make progress when paying attention to the functions that scientific models serve.

More information on the FRIAS Lunch Lectures 2019/20: https://www.frias.uni-freiburg.de/de/mediathek/lunch-lectures/modelling