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The Semantic Conception of Theories is a philosophical analysis of the nature of scientific theories that has been undergoing development since at least 1948; anticipations as early as von Neumann 1932 and Birkhoff and von Neumann 1936 can be found. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
causally possible physical system, standard inductive logic, invariance essentialism, observation language sentences, induced physical systems, nonobservable particulars, ultimate observability, interlevel theories, nomic essentialism, involving causal necessity, racetrack case, classical statistical law, polytypic definitions, affinity taxonomy, taxa membership, nonobservable parameters, phenomenal systems, unique terminus, possible physical systems, amplified usage, internal substates, taxa definitions, classical deterministic law, empirical truth conditions, having conclusive reasons Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The Semantic Conception of Theories is a philosophical analysis of the nature of scientific theories that has been undergoing development since at least 1948; anticipations as early as von Neumann 1932 and Birkhoff and von Neumann 1936 can be found. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
causally possible physical system, standard inductive logic, invariance essentialism, observation language sentences, induced physical systems, nonobservable particulars, ultimate observability, interlevel theories, nomic essentialism, involving causal necessity, racetrack case, classical statistical law, polytypic definitions, affinity taxonomy, taxa membership, nonobservable parameters, phenomenal systems, unique terminus, possible physical systems, amplified usage, internal substates, taxa definitions, classical deterministic law, empirical truth conditions, having conclusive reasons Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Received View, New Systematics, Wilfrid Sellars, American Psychiatric Association, Ernst Mach, Hastings Center Closure Project, Ralph Kenat, Raymond Martin New!
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- Seeing and Knowing by Fred I. Dretske on 6 pages
- The Structure of Scientific Theories by Frederick Suppe in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Novum Organum (Spanish Edition) by Francis Bacon on page 303, page 392, and Back Matter
- Theory and Evidence by Clark N. Glymour on page 33, and Back Matter
- Knowledge and Belief - An Introduction to the Logic of the Two Notions (Texts in Philosophy) by Jaakko Hintikka on page 375, and Back Matter
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- Physicalism and Mental Causation: The Metaphysics of Mind and Action by Sven Walter on page 223, and Back Matter
- Science, Explanation, and Rationality: The Philosophy of Carl G. Hempel by James H. Fetzer in Front Matter, and page 212
- Methodology, Theory, and Knowledge in the Managerial and Organizational Sciences by Eliezer Geisler on page 181, and Back Matter
- Physicalism and Mental Causation by Sven Walter on page 223, and Back Matter
- Inconsistency in Science (Origins: Studies in the Sources of Scientific Creativity) by J. Meheus on page 33
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