@article {ducheyne2005lessons,
	title = {Lessons from {G}alileo: The pragmatic model of shared characteristics of scientific representation},
	journal = {Philosophia naturalis},
	volume = {43},
	number = {1},
	year = {2005},
	pages = {214{\textendash}234},
	abstract = {<p>In this paper I will defend a new account of scientific representation. I will begin by looking at the benefits and drawbacks of two recent accounts on scientific representation: Hughes DDI account and Su{\'a}rez inferential account. Next I use some of Galileos models in the Discorsi as a heuristic tool for a better account of scientific representation. Next I will present my model. The main idea of my account, which I refer to as the pragmatic model of shared characteristics (PMSC), is that a model represents, if and only if, (1) a person accepts that there is a set of shared characteristics between the model and its target; (2) this set has the inferential power to generate results which can be tested empirically; (3) and the corresponding test(s) of these results is/are in agreement with our data and the specific cognitive goals we have in mind.</p>},
	author = {Ducheyne, Steffen}
}
