The Logical Foundations of Scientific Theories Languages, Structures, and Models

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Synopsis

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.

Book details

Series:
Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Mathematics and Physics
Author:
Decio Krause, Jonas R.B. Arenhart
ISBN:
9781315535203
Related ISBNs:
9781315535210, 9781138684492, 9781138684492, 9780367889685, 9780367889685, 9781315535210, 9780367889685, 9781138684492
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
144
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2020-02-26
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2017
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
History, Mathematics and Statistics, Nonfiction, Philosophy