Milking a spherical cow: Toy models in neuroscience.

Beer, Randall D; Barwich, Ann-Sophie; Severino, Gabriel J

Beer, Randall D; Barwich, Ann-Sophie; Severino, Gabriel J.

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Beer RD; Cognitive Science Program, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
Barwich AS; Neuroscience Program, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
Severino GJ; Department of Informatics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.

Eur J Neurosci ; 2024 Sep 11.

Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39257366

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

There are many different kinds of models, and they play many different roles in the scientific endeavour. Neuroscience, and biology more generally, has understandably tended to emphasise empirical models that are grounded in data and make specific, experimentally testable predictions. Meanwhile, strongly idealised or 'toy' models have played a central role in the theoretical development of other sciences such as physics. In this paper, we examine the nature of toy models and their prospects in neuroscience.

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idealisation; intuition pumps; philosophy of science

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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Eur J Neurosci Asunto de la revista: NEUROLOGIA Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Francia

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