A model-theoretic realist interpretation of science
By: by Emma Ruttkamp.
Series: Synthese library -- 311; Synthese library -- v. 311.
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publichers
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Science -- Mathematical models.; Model theory.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction; title: Chapter One: The notion of 'model' in philosophy of science; title: 1. The interpretation and use of the notion of "model"; title: in philosophy of science; title: 2. Heuristic uses of the notion of "model"; title: 3. Statement and non-statement variations of the notion of "model"; title: 4. Other methodological uses of the notion of "model": Economics; title: Chapter Two: A model-theoretic account of science; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Terminological note; title: 3. The formulation of scientific theories; title: 4. The primary semantic interpretation of scientific theories; title: 5. The empirical interpretation of scientific theories; title: 6. Theories and models in methodological studies of economics; title: 7. The problem of "over-determination" of theories; title: by empirical models; title: Chapter Three: The statement account of science; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. The two-language view of scientific theories; title: 3. Theories and non-observables; title: 4. Rules of correspondence; title: 5. Ramsey sentences and Putnam's paradox; title: Chapter Four: Variations on the non-statement view of science; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Patrick Suppes's set-theoretic approach to science; title: 3. The structuralist programme; title: 4. The semantic approaches of Beth, Van Fraassen, and Suppe; title: 5. Ronald Giere's naturalistic approach to science; title: 6. Nancy Cartwright's "simulacrum" account of science; title: Chapter Five: A model-theoretic realism; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Reality and science; title: 3. A modified image of science; title: 4. The process of science: Paradigms and models; title: 5. The "abstract" and the "concrete"; title: 6. Empirical adequacy; title: 7. Conclusion: The meaning of model-theoretic realism.