Model-Theoretic Realist Interpretation of Science

Ruttkamp, Emma

ISBN 10: 1402007299 / ISBN 13: 9781402007293

Editore: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002

Demonstrates the power of the full-blown employment of the model-theoretic paradigm in the philosophy of science. This book offers an introduction to non-statement accounts of sciences as well as a discussion of the traditional statement account of science. It gives an account of sciences as process and product. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1070. . 2002. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Codice articolo V9781402007293

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In this book Emma Ruttkamp demonstrates the power of the full-blown employment of the model-theoretic paradigm in the philosophy of science. Within this paradigm she gives an account of sciences as process and product. She expounds the "received statement" and the "non-statement" views of science, and shows how the model-theoretic approach resolves the spurious tension between these views. In this endeavour she also engages the views of a number of contemporary philosophers of science with affinity to model theory. This text can be read by specialists working in philosophy of science or formal semantics, by logicians working on the structure of theories, and by students in philosophy of science - this text offers a thorough introduction to non-statement accounts of sciences as well as a discussion of the traditional statement account of science.

Contenuti: Preface. Introduction. 1. The notion of 'model' in philosophy of science. 2. A model-theoretic account of science. 3. The statement account of science. 4. Variations on the non-statement view of science. 5. A model-theoretic realism. Bibliography.

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