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10Robustness and dark matter observationPhilosophy of Science 1-36. forthcoming.Current cosmological observations place little constraints on the nature of dark matter, allowing the development of a large number of models and various methods for probing their properties, which seem to provide ideal grounds for the employment of robustness arguments. In this article, the extent to which such arguments can be used to overcome various methodological and theoretical challenges is examined. The conclusion is that while robustness arguments have a limited scope in the context of …Read more
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44What is a data model?: An anatomy of data analysis in high energy physicsEuropean Journal for Philosophy of Science 11 (4): 1-33. 2021.Many decades ago Patrick Suppes argued rather convincingly that theoretical hypotheses are not confronted with the direct, raw results of an experiment, rather, they are typically compared with models of data. What exactly is a data model however? And how do the interactions of particles at the subatomic scale give rise to the huge volumes of data that are then moulded into a polished data model? The aim of this paper is to answer these questions by presenting a detailed case study of the constr…Read more
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65A pragmatic approach to the ontology of modelsSynthese (3-4): 1-20. 2021.What are scientific models? Philosophers of science have been trying to answer this question during the last three decades by putting forward a number of different proposals. Some say that models are best understood as abstract Platonic objects or fictional entities akin to Sherlock Holmes, while others focus on their mathematical nature and see them as set theoretical structures. Although each account has its own strengths in offering various insights on the nature of models, several objections…Read more
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University of CyprusNon tenure-track faculty
Bonn, Germany
Areas of Specialization
Theories and Models |
Scientific Method |
Scientific Practice |
Scientific Realism |