Rodríguez, Xavier de Donato (Author)
In this paper we present a new framework of idealization in biology. We characterize idealizations as a network of counterfactual and hypothetical conditionals that can exhibit different degrees of contingency. We use this idea to say that, in departing more or less from the actual world, idealizations can serve numerous epistemic, methodological or heuristic purposes within scientific research. We defend that, in part, this structure explains why idealizations, despite being deformations of reality, are so successful in scientific practice. For illustrative purposes, we provide an example from population genetics, the Wright-Fisher Model.
...MoreDescription Uses an example from population genetics, the Wright-Fisher Model, to investigate counterfactual and hypothetical conditionals.
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