An architectonic for science. The structuralist program

C. Ulises Moulines, Wolfgang Balzer, Joseph D. Sneed

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Synthese Library (Search for Journal in Brave)

reduction empirical equivalence foundationalism structuralism coherentism Kuhn empirical science theory-evolution theory-elements theory-nets theoreticity intertheoretical links model-theoretic entities normal science reconstruction of scientific knowledge structuralist program

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to mathematical logic and foundations (03-02)

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