Constructing strangeness: Exploratory modeling and concept formation

Arianna Borrelli

doi:10.1162/posc_a_00376

Constructing strangeness: Exploratory modeling and concept formation

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Constructing strangeness: Exploratory modeling and concept formation. / Borrelli, Arianna.
in: Perspectives on Science, Jahrgang 29, Nr. 4, 20.08.2021, S. 388-408.

Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet

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abstract = "The notion of exploratory modeling constitutes a powerful heuristic tool for historical-epistemological analysis and especially for studying concept formation. I will show this by means of a case study from the history of particle physics: The formation of the concept of “strangeness” in the early 1950s at the interface of theory and experiment. Strangeness emerged from a broad space of possibilities opened up by exploratory modeling by authors working in communication and competition, and constructing both new questions and new answers. A systematic focus on exploratory modeling also helps compensate a bias towards the “right” developments still often present in historical investigations of theoretical work.",

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