A ‘Semantic’ View of Scientific Models for Science Education

In this paper I inspect a ‘semantic’ view of scientific models taken from contemporary philosophy of science—I draw upon the so-called ‘semanticist family’, which frontally challenges the received, syntactic conception of scientific theories. I argue that a semantic view may be of use both for scien...

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Veröffentlicht in:Science & education 2013-07, Vol.22 (7), p.1593-1611
1. Verfasser: Adúriz-Bravo, Agustín
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:In this paper I inspect a ‘semantic’ view of scientific models taken from contemporary philosophy of science—I draw upon the so-called ‘semanticist family’, which frontally challenges the received, syntactic conception of scientific theories. I argue that a semantic view may be of use both for science education in the classrooms of all educational levels, and for research and innovation within the discipline of didactics of science. I explore and characterise a model-based account of the nature of science, and derive some implications that may be of interest for our community.
ISSN:0926-7220
1573-1901
DOI:10.1007/s11191-011-9431-7