<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The advantage of examining causality from the perspective of modelling is thus that it puts us naturally closer to the practice of the sciences. This means being able to set up an interdisciplinary dialogue that contrasts and compares modelling practices in different fields, say economics and biology, medicine and statistics, climate change and physics. It also means that it helps philosophers looking for questions that go beyond the narrow ‘what-is-causality’ or ‘what-are-relata’ and thus puts causality right at the centre of a complex crossroad: epistemology/methodology, metaphysics, politics/ethics. This special issue collects nine papers that touch upon various scientific fields, from system biology to medicine to quantum mechanics to economics, and different questions, from explanation and prediction to the role of both true and false assumptions in modelling.</p></abstract>

The advantage of examining causality from the perspective of modelling is thus that it puts us naturally closer to the practice of the sciences. This means being able to set up an interdisciplinary dialogue that contrasts and compares modelling practices in different fields, say economics and biology, medicine and statistics, climate change and physics. It also means that it helps philosophers looking for questions that go beyond the narrow ‘what-is-causality’ or ‘what-are-relata’ and thus puts causality right at the centre of a complex crossroad: epistemology/methodology, metaphysics, politics/ethics. This special issue collects nine papers that touch upon various scientific fields, from system biology to medicine to quantum mechanics to economics, and different questions, from explanation and prediction to the role of both true and false assumptions in modelling.

Causality and Modelling in the Sciences: Introduction

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The advantage of examining causality from the perspective of modelling is thus that it puts us naturally closer to the practice of the sciences. This means...

Causality and Modelling in the Sciences: Introduction

Published Online: Oct 16, 2018

Page range: 423 - 427

Received: Sep 05, 2017

Accepted: Nov 02, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/disp-2017-0013

Keywords
Causality, modelling, causal explanation, scientific models

© 2017 María Jiménez-Buedo et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Causality and Modelling in the Sciences: Introduction

Published Online: Oct 16, 2018

Page range: 423 - 427

Received: Sep 05, 2017

Accepted: Nov 02, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/disp-2017-0013

KeywordsCausality, modelling, causal explanation, scientific models

© 2017 María Jiménez-Buedo et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Causality, modelling, causal explanation, scientific models