James Owen Weatherall je fyzik, filozof a matematik. Jeho práce zkoumá hluboké propojení mezi vědou a filozofií. Zkoumá, jak matematické koncepty formují naše chápání vesmíru a jak filozofické otázky ovlivňují vědecký pokrok. Weatherallův styl je známý svou srozumitelností a schopností zpřístupnit složité nápady širšímu publiku.
This Element will overview research using models to understand scientific practice. It argues that while these models are epistemically useful, the best way to employ most of them to understand and improve science is in combination with empirical methods and other sorts of theorizing.
A Harvard scholar argues that mathematical models can provide solutions to current economic challenges, explaining that the economic meltdown of 2008 was based on a misunderstanding of scientific models rather than on the models themselves.