ERC Starting Grant · 2021
Model Transfer and its Challenges in Science: The Case of Economics
How can a single model be used to study predator-prey interactions in biology, the growth of cancer in medicine, and the business cycle in economics? And how is this practice supposed to contribute to progress in science? To answer those questions, we need to understand how models are transferred across domains. While model transfer is one of the most pertinent phenomena in modern science, philosophers have not yet given it due attention. Our project will fill this lacuna in a ground-breaking way: we will provide a comprehensive philosophical investigation of model transfer, its challenges, and its implications for scientific progress by innovatively combining approaches from philosophy and…
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