期刊名称：Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology
印刷版ISSN：1091-8264
出版年度：2005
卷号：9
期号：2
出版社：Digital Library and Archives,Virginia Tech
摘要：Several authors have studied and pointed out the main characteristics of
engineering sciences. This paper deals with the analysis of one of these
sciences, strength of materials, and shows how the practical goal of this
science may have epistemological consequences. For this purpose, the modelbased
explanation of scientific theories proposed by Ronald Giere, especially
his “similarity” relationship, is also discussed. Regarding engineering
sciences, it is remarkable how important practical purposes are when
developing and consolidating theories. The last section is related with the
possible different reasons for building a set of models from the engineering
point of view. 1
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