A Methodological Study Of Fictional Representations For Scientific Modeling

The contemporary progress in the philosophy of science lies in the fact that the way of thinking about science is subject to reform as science continues to progress.The fictional representation of scientific modeling,as a newly emerged and highly researched methodology in the philosophy of science,has always permeated the activities of scientific practice.And the work carried out by scholars focused on the study of the practice of science goes beyond trying to describe the process of constructing scientific models and tries to provide insights into the properties of the different representations used by scientists.This is a fast-approaching research focus in both analytic and philosophy of science.With the increasing activity of scientific practice,scientists have noticed that the construction of solid models by reducing or expanding the target system in equal proportions is a physical representation activity of scientific representations.However,in other modeling fields,we need to construct and materialize objects that are not readily observed based on the knowledge we already have and the research we have obtained,which leads to the fact that most scientific models in current scientific research appear as non-physical form models,and how do we get into modeling research in this situation? In this situation,more and more philosophers of science are looking for alternative ways to reflect on what role the scientific imagination,or scientific fiction,plays in the modeling process of scientific explanation.As they reflect on this question,philosophers of science have found that fictions can be used as a way to explore the use of the scientific imagination in the construction of models in scientific practice to answer this question,and this has been extended to a methodological study of fictional representations of scientific modeling.This paper consists of an introductory chapter,five chapters of systematic discussion and a final chapter of conclusion.The first chapter briefly outlines the background and significance of this paper,examines the current state of research at home and abroad,and gives a detailed explanation of why the research on "fictional representations of scientific modeling" was conducted.At the same time,the main contents of the five chapters are briefly introduced,and the logical relationships between the chapters are discussed,as well as the innovations and shortcomings of the paper.The second chapter,philosophical examination and scientific traceability of fictional representations for scientific modeling.This chapter is a background analysis of the fictional representation approach to scientific modeling.Based on a comparative study of literary fiction and scientific fiction,it is argued that although the concept of literary fiction has inspired the application of the fictional approach,it is not the conceptual origin of the fictional approach in the fictional representation method,and in fact scientific fiction is not equivalent to literary fiction.Secondly,the development of fictional philosophy and the imagination and "fiction" in scientific practice are examined separately,and it is argued that the development of fictional philosophy provides the philosophical foundation of the fictional approach,while scientific practice is the cognitive source for the concrete formation of the fictional approach.Finally,through the analysis and examination of the connotation of scientific fictionalism and the viewpoint of "model fictionalism",the fictional representation of scientific modeling,the subject of this paper,is proposed.The third chapter,methodological justification for the fictional representation approach to scientific modeling.This chapter is a methodological justification of fictional representation,which provides a theoretical basis for the subsequent chapters by examining the dilemmas of contemporary scientific modeling representation theory while providing a feasibility and rationality analysis for the study of fictional representation methods.On the one hand,the connotative features of the fictional representation approach are outlined,and on the other hand,a specific approach to the study of the fictional representation approach is presented.After careful consideration,the author believes that the DEKI method of fictional representation not only adheres to the basic idea of indirect fictional representation,but also makes up for the obvious shortcomings of the direct representation method,so it has certain methodological significance and can become one of the most promising research approaches in the current philosophy of science methodology.The fourth chapter,a scientifically rational analysis of how fictional representations are possible is presented in the face of multiple interrogations.Although we have given methodological arguments for the fictional representation of scientific modeling in the above-mentioned chapters,they have raised questions and interrogations in the philosophy of science community,specifically the logical dilemma of scientific imagination,the ontological dilemma of scientific explanation,and the dilemma of the "dilemma" of truth expression.Based on the current situation and dilemma of fictional modeling,this chapter accomplishes three main tasks: first,through the distinction of the multiple meanings of imagination and the classification of propositional imagination,the logical basis of scientific imagination is clarified;second,the evolution of the ontological concept of explanation is analyzed and the ontological constraints of fictional representation are explored,and an ontological proof for the fictional entity is made;third,in the face of Third,it identifies the paradox of the "dilemma" between literalism and truth-seeking,and identifies the rational glory of the fictional representation approach in adhering to truthseeking.At the same time,this chapter is also a rational self-evidence for the method of fictional representation based on methodological intrinsics.The fifth chapter,the evolution of props for fictional representation methods-from armchair to computer.This chapter analyzes computer simulations,the most widely used method of scientific modeling practice in current scientific practice,and argues that computers have had a tremendous impact on our ability to construct both material and immaterial simulations,and that this scientific advancement stems from the expansion of modeling props in fictional modeling.The application of mathematical methods in scientific practice is a necessary prerequisite for the involvement of computer simulations in modeling practice,while the powerful computational power of computer simulations extends human cognitive practice in the evolution of props to better achieve the purpose of scientific research.As to whether the evolution of computer simulation has made it a new philosophy of science,this paper takes a negative view.Based on the fictional representation perspective of scientific modeling,computer simulation is an advancement of scientific modeling technology,an evolution of research props from armchair to computer for philosophers of science,and a reasonable external application of the fictional representation method of scientific modeling.The sixth chapter,analysis of the positivist dimension of science and the defense of scientific methodology.The concept of "fiction" is inherently questioning of scientific positivism and holds an anti-positivist position,which is a prejudice against the method of fictional representation.Therefore,this chapter first explores and investigates the metaphysics of fictional representation from the dimension of scientific positivism,and through the examination and analysis of contextualism,I believe that contextualism can provide a solid scientific base and a firm scientific methodological argument for the fictional representation method.Second,the fictional representation approach is one of the most advantageous research methods in scientific modeling practice,and therefore it should be defended from the perspective of scientific methodology to prove that it is a complete research method for scientific modeling practice and the most promising method for current methodological research in philosophy of science.The seventh chapter,the conclusion provides an overall summary of the fictional representation approach to scientific modeling based on the full text.The fictional representation approach is becoming more and more in line with the research needs of scientific methodology,becoming the most promising research method in the current philosophy of science methodology on the one hand,and has a broader scope of application in the natural and social sciences on the other.