Qualitative Theory and Chemical Explanation
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Qualitative Theory and Chemical Explanation
Roald Hoffmann and other theorists claim that we we ought to use highly idealized chemical models (“qualitative models”) in order to increase our understanding of chemical phenomena, even though other models are available which make more highly accurate predictions. I assess this norm by examining one of the tradeoffs faced by model builders and model users — the tradeoff between precision and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Philosophy of Science
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0031-8248,1539-767X
DOI: 10.1086/428011