TY - JOUR
T1 - Multiple models, one explanation
AU - Lisciandra, Chiara
AU - Korbmacher, Johannes
N1 - Funding Information:
We'd like to thank Don Ross, Tristan Kohl, O. Foisch, as well as two anonymous referees for their helpful comments and suggestions. We also received helpful feedback from the audiences at our talks at: the congress of the European Philosophy of Science Association, 2017 in Exeter, the Workshop on Multiple Model, 2018 in Helsinki, and the Theoretical Philosophy Colloquium, 2018 in Utrecht.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - We develop an account of how mutually inconsistent models of the same target system can provide coherent information about the system. Our account makes use of ideas from the debate surrounding robustness analysis and draws on the idea of a shared structure among models. To illustrate, we consider a case study from international trade-theory.
AB - We develop an account of how mutually inconsistent models of the same target system can provide coherent information about the system. Our account makes use of ideas from the debate surrounding robustness analysis and draws on the idea of a shared structure among models. To illustrate, we consider a case study from international trade-theory.
KW - Multiple models
KW - international trade-theory
KW - robustness analysis
KW - structure
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85106167142&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/1350178X.2021.1892800
DO - 10.1080/1350178X.2021.1892800
M3 - Article
SN - 1350-178X
VL - 28
SP - 186
EP - 206
JO - Journal of Economic Methodology
JF - Journal of Economic Methodology
IS - 2
ER -