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To present and justify a weakly pragmatist account of representational modelling termed 'ensemble-plus-standing-for' that resolves foundational problems of directionality, performance, and adequacy across empirical science.

August 16, 2026European Journal for Philosophy of ScienceOpen Access

Representational modelling as ensemble-plus-standing-for. A (weakly) pragmatist account

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To present and justify a weakly pragmatist account of representational modelling termed 'ensemble-plus-standing-for' that resolves foundational problems of directionality, performance, and adequacy across empirical science.
Synthesized the strengths of inherentist and functional accounts while mitigating their theoretical shortcomings.
Integrated pragmatic components to accommodate the wide diversity of empirical scientific models.
Assessed the ensemble-plus-standing-for account comparatively against rival theories of scientific representation.
The ensemble-plus-standing-for framework provides a unified, substantive solution to the problems of model directionality, operational performance, and representational adequacy.
The pragmatist formulation remains weak enough to apply across diverse empirical sciences while maintaining strong, monistic explanatory power relative to rival accounts.

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Philosophical analysis demonstrates an ensemble-plus-standing-for framework for scientific models, indicating a unified way to address directionality, performance, and representational adequacy.

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José A. Díez (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a817a4cf2fb91fc834adf36 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-026-00759-4

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Philosophical analysis demonstrates an ensemble-plus-standing-for framework for scientific models, indicating a unified way to address directionality, performance, and representational adequacy.

Representational modelling as ensemble-plus-standing-for. A (weakly) pragmatist account

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Representational modelling as ensemble-plus-standing-for. A (weakly) pragmatist account

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