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  1. Scientific Theories.Hans Halvorson - 2016 - In Paul Humphreys (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Science. Oxford University Press USA. pp. 585-608.
    Since the beginning of the 20th century, philosophers of science have asked, "what kind of thing is a scientific theory?" The logical positivists answered: a scientific theory is a mathematical theory, plus an empirical interpretation of that theory. Moreover, they assumed that a mathematical theory is specified by a set of axioms in a formal language. Later 20th century philosophers questioned this account, arguing instead that a scientific theory need not include a mathematical component; or that the mathematical component need (...)
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  • The logical study of science.Johan Benthem - 1982 - Synthese 51 (3):431 - 472.
    The relation between logic and philosophy of science, often taken for granted, is in fact problematic. Although current fashionable criticisms of the usefulness of logic are usually mistaken, there are indeed difficulties which should be taken seriously — having to do, amongst other things, with different scientific mentalities in the two disciplines (section 1). Nevertheless, logic is, or should be, a vital part of the theory of science. To make this clear, the bulk of this paper is devoted to the (...)
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  • A static theory of reference in science.W. Balzer, B. Lauth & G. Zoubek - 1989 - Synthese 79 (3):319 - 360.
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  • The old and the new logic of metascience.Veikko Rantala - 1978 - Synthese 39 (2):233 - 247.
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  • Review. [REVIEW]Veikko Rantala - 1991 - Synthese 86 (2):297-319.
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  • Numerical constructs as theorems of empirical theories.Adam Nowaczyk - 1976 - Studia Logica 35 (1):55 - 70.
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  • Generalizing empirical adequacy I: multiplicity and approximation.Sebastian Lutz - 2014 - Synthese 191 (14):3195-3225.
    I provide an explicit formulation of empirical adequacy, the central concept of constructive empiricism, and point out a number of problems. Based on one of the inspirations for empirical adequacy, I generalize the notion of a theory to avoid implausible presumptions about the relation of theoretical concepts and observations, and generalize empirical adequacy with the help of approximation sets to allow for lack of knowledge, approximations, and successive gain of knowledge and precision. As a test case, I provide an application (...)
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  • Conceptual correlation: An example of two social psychological theories.Martti Kuokkanen - 1986 - Theory and Decision 20 (1):1-32.
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  • Epistemological reflections on the structuralist philosophy of science.Peter Hucklenbroich - 1982 - Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 3 (2):279-296.
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  • Epistemological reflections on the structuralist philosophy of science.Peter Hucklenbroich - 1982 - Metamedicine 3 (2):279-296.
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  • The Semantics of Scientific Theories.Sebastian Lutz - 2014 - In Anna Brożek & Jacek Jadacki (eds.), Księga pamiątkowa Marianowi Przełęckiemu w darze na 90-lecie urodzin. pp. 33-67.
    Marian Przełęcki’s semantics for the Received View is a good explication of Carnap’s position on the subject, anticipates many discussions and results from both proponents and opponents of the Received View, and can be the basis for a thriving research program.
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