On the eliminative explanation of social theories
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: On the eliminative explanation of social theories
zbMATH Open document ID: 0543.03007
DOI: 10.1007/BF01063851
author: Raimo Tuomela
published in: Studia Logica
publication date: 1983-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: The paper discusses eliminative explanation in which a (social) successor theory correctively explains and, as a consequence, eliminates its predecessor theory. Technical concepts and results from general logic are applied to the explication of corrective explanation, especially to the notion of framework translation that it involves.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 03A05
zbMATH DE Number: 3863166
zbMATH Keywords: social theories
zbMATH Keywords: philosophy of science
zbMATH Keywords: eliminative explanation
zbMATH Keywords: successor theory
zbMATH Keywords: predecessor theory
zbMATH Keywords: explication of corrective explanation
zbMATH Keywords: framework translation
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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