科学建模

科學建模是一種藉由已被廣泛接受的科學以幫助我們了解、定義、量化、視覺化與仿真的科學活動。依據不同需求，在真實世界中萃取相關要素以建立適合的科學模型，像是藉由概念模型以幫助我們了解現象，操作模型以給出操作型定義，數學模型以幫助量化，並且用圖象模型去視覺化抽象概念。

建模是許多科學領域中的非常重要且不可分割的一部份，並且每種科學領域都有其特定的科學模型Cartwright, Nancy. 1983. How the Laws of Physics Lie . Oxford University PressHacking, Ian. 1983. Representing and Intervening. Introductory Topics in the Philosophy of Natural Science. Cambridge University Press。以約翰·馮·諾伊曼所說過的一段話為例von Neumann, J. (1995), "Method in the physical sciences", in Bródy F., Vámos, T. (editors), The Neumann Compendium, World Scientific, p. 628; previously published in The Unity of Knowledge, edited by L. Leary (1955), pp. 157-164, and also in John von Neumann Collected Works, edited by A. Taub, Volume VI, pp. 491-498.：

科學建模已逐漸在受重視Frigg and Hartmann (2009) state: "Philosophers are acknowledging the importance of models with increasing attention and are probing the assorted roles that models play in scientific practice". Source: Frigg, Roman and Hartmann, Stephan, "Models in Science", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2009 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), (source )，例如在科學教育、科學哲學、系統理論與視覺化 (電腦圖學)。科學建模也有其相關的科學方法、技術與形上學等議題。

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Category:概念模型
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