The volume is based on the papers that were presented at the Interna- tional Conference Model-Based Reasoning in Scientific Discovery (MBR98), held at the Collegio Ghislieri, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, in December 1998. The papers explore how scie
Models, Mental Models, and Representations. Model-Based Reasoning in Conceptual Change; N.J. Nersessian. Tracing the Development of Models in the Philosophy of Science; D.M. Bailer-Jones. Using Models to Represent Reality; R.N. Giere. Models and Diagr