Structuralist theory of science : focal issues, new results /

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Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Balzer, Wolfgang; Moulines, C. Ulises
Published: De Gruyter,
Publisher Address: Berlin ; Boston :
Publication Dates: 2011.
©1996
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Perspektiven der analytischen philosophie / perspectives in analytical philosophy ; volume 6
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110879421
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Item Description: Includes indexes.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (ix, 295 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN: 9783110879421
Index Number: Q175
CLC: N02
Contents: Frontmatter --
Foreword --
Table of Contents --
Chapter 1: Structuralism: The Basic Ideas --
Chapter 2: Structuralism As Developed Within the Model-Theoretical Approach in the Philosophy of Science --
Chapter 3: Scientific Explanation --
Chapter 4: Structuralism and the Interrogative Model of Inquiry --
Chapter 5: Pragmatic and Diachronic Aspects of Structuralism --
Chapter 6: Truth Approximation by the Hypothetico-Deductive Method --
Chapter 7: Probability, Confirmation and Testing from a Structuralist Perspective --
Chapter 8: Theoretical Terms: Recent Developments --
Chapter 9: Holism and the Empirical Claim of Theory-Nets --
Chapter 10: Symmetry and Invariance --
Chapter 11: Bridges, Constraints, and Links --
Chapter 12: A Rigorous Set Theoretical Foundation of the Structuralist Approach --
Chapter 13: Categorial Structuralism --
Name Index --
Subject Index --
Backmatter