<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ducheyne, Steffen</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Towards an Ontology of Scientific Models</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Metaphysica: International Journal for Ontology and Metaphysics</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Abstraction</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Idealisation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ontology of scientific models</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12133-008-0026-y</style></url></web-urls></urls><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">9</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">119-127</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Scientific models occupy centre stage in scientific practice. Correspondingly, in recent literature in the philosophy of science, scientific models have been a focus of research. However, little attention has been paid so far to the ontology of scientific models. In this essay, I attempt to clarify the issues involved in formulating an informatively rich ontology of scientific models. Although no full-blown theorycontaining all ontological issues involvedis provided, I make several distinctions and point to several characteristic properties exhibited by scientific models that are relevant for individuating scientific models.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract></record></records></xml>