An architectonic for science. The structuralist program

zbMath0649.03002MaRDI QIDQ1105580

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

Publication date: 1987

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

zbMATH Keywords

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

03A05: Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations

03-02: Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to mathematical logic and foundations

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