A Model-Theoretic Realist Interpretation of Science (SYNTHESE LIBRARY Volume 311)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: July 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9781402007293
Subjects: Philosophy of science; Science; Epistemology; Logic; Philosophy; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects; Mathematical models; Model theory
First sentence: One intuitive idea of a model is a possible interpretation in which a theory is satisfied in the Tarskian sense, that is, according to Tarski (1956) a model of a sentence in some appropriate language is a possible interpretation of the language in which the sentence of the language are satisfied.
Notes: Synthese Library