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The Logical Foundations of Scientific Theories - Languages, Structures, and Models (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,582
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The Logical Foundations of Scientific Theories - Languages, Structures, and Models (Hardcover): Decio Krause, Jonas R.B....

The Logical Foundations of Scientific Theories - Languages, Structures, and Models (Hardcover)

Decio Krause, Jonas R.B. Arenhart

Series: Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Mathematics and Physics

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This book addresses the logical aspects of the foundations of scientific theories. Even though the relevance of formal methods in the study of scientific theories is now widely recognized and regaining prominence, the issues covered here are still not generally discussed in philosophy of science. The authors focus mainly on the role played by the underlying formal apparatuses employed in the construction of the models of scientific theories, relating the discussion with the so-called semantic approach to scientific theories. The book describes the role played by this metamathematical framework in three main aspects: considerations of formal languages employed to axiomatize scientific theories, the role of the axiomatic method itself, and the way set-theoretical structures, which play the role of the models of theories, are developed. The authors also discuss the differences and philosophical relevance of the two basic ways of aximoatizing a scientific theory, namely Patrick Suppes' set theoretical predicates and the "da Costa and Chuaqui" approach. This book engages with important discussions of the nature of scientific theories and will be a useful resource for researchers and upper-level students working in philosophy of science.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Mathematics and Physics
Release date: August 2016
First published: 2017
Authors: Decio Krause • Jonas R.B. Arenhart
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 162
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-68449-2
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Philosophy of mathematics
Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Logic
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Logic
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LSN: 1-138-68449-X
Barcode: 9781138684492

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