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A Model-Theoretic Realist Interpretation of Science

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  1. Emma Ruttkamp

    1. Philosophical Society of Southern Africa, South Africa

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Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 311)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. The Notion of “Model” in Philosophy of Science

    • Emma Ruttkamp
    Pages 1-11

  3. A Model-Theoretic Account of Science

    • Emma Ruttkamp
    Pages 13-62

  4. The Statement Account of Science

    • Emma Ruttkamp
    Pages 63-90

  5. Variations on the Non-Statement View of Science

    • Emma Ruttkamp
    Pages 91-139

  6. A Model-Theoretic Realism

    • Emma Ruttkamp
    Pages 141-180

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 181-203
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About this book

In this book Emma Ruttkamp demonstrates the power of the full-blown employment of the model-theoretic paradigm in the philosophy of science. Within this paradigm she gives an account of sciences as process and product. She expounds the "received statement" and the "non-statement" views of science, and shows how the model-theoretic approach resolves the spurious tension between these views. In this endeavour she also engages the views of a number of contemporary philosophers of science with affinity to model theory. This text can be read by specialists working in philosophy of science or formal semantics, by logicians working on the structure of theories, and by students in philosophy of science - this text offers a thorough introduction to non-statement accounts of sciences as well as a discussion of the traditional statement account of science.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Philosophical Society of Southern Africa, South Africa

    Emma Ruttkamp

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Model-Theoretic Realist Interpretation of Science

  • Authors: Emma Ruttkamp

  • Series Title: Synthese Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0583-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0729-3Published: 30 June 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6066-2Published: 05 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-0583-7Published: 14 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0166-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 203

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, Logic, Epistemology, Ontology

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