Decio Krause, Jonas R. B. Arenhart

The Logical Foundations of Scientific Theories

Languages, Structures, and Models

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book addresses the logical aspects of the foundations of scientific theories. Even though the relevance of formal methods in the study of scientific theories is now widely recognized and regaining prominence, the issues covered here are still not generally discussed in philosophy of science. The authors focus mainly on the role played by the underlying formal apparatuses employed in the construction of the models of scientific theories, relating the discussion with the so-called semantic approach to scientific theories.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 395g
• ISBN-13: 9781138684492
• ISBN-10: 113868449X
• Artikelnr.: 45571243

Autorenporträt

Décio Krause is Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science in the Department of Philosophy of the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil. His works deal with the logical foundations of science, mainly involving the logical and metaphysical discussions about identity and individuality of quantum entities, and the applications of non-classical logics to sciences. Jonas R.B. Arenhart is Associate Professor at the Department of Philosophy of the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil. His main research interests are logic and philosophy of logic, philosophy of science, the metaphysics of science, and foundations of science.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Characterization
2. Axiomatization
3. A Mathematical Background
4. Criticism to the Axiomatic Method and its Defense
5. Axiomatization, and Scientific Theories
6. Models and Scientific Theories