Φιλοσοφία της Επιστήμης, Ιστορία της Επιστήμης, Γνωσιολογία:

Η φύση και η δομή των επιστημονικών θεωριών, η φύση και οι λειτουργίες των επιστημονικών μοντέλων, η σχέση μεταξύ θεωριών και μοντέλων στην επιστήμη, ο ρόλος των μοντέλων στην επιστημονική εξήγηση, η θεωρητική αναπαράσταση των φαινομένων, η εξελικτική ιστορία των μοντέλων της δομής του πυρήνα, η μεθοδολογία της εξιδανίκευσης και της αφαίρεσης στην επιστήμη, εξιδανίκευση και αφαίρεση στην επινόηση επιστημονικών μοντέλων και επιστημικές συνέπειες, η σημασία της φιλοσοφίας της επιστήμης για τη διδακτική της επιστήμης και των μαθηματικών, η σημασία της μοντελοποίησης στη διδακτική της επιστήμης.

 

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(2008) “Models”, in The Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Science, Psillos, S. and Curd, M. (eds.), London: Routledge, 385-395. Also in the 2nd revised and expanded edition, The Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Science, Routledge 2013, 429-439.

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(2007) “The Relation between Idealisation and Approximation in Scientific Model Construction”, Science & Education, 16, 7-8, 699-724.

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