Deductive reasoning in the structuralist approach

DOI10.1007/S11225-012-9447-2MaRDI QIDQ383572zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Holger Andreas

Publication date 5 December 2013

Published in Studia Logica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11225-012-9447-2

zbMATH Keywords

Carnapdeductive reasoningsemantic approach to scientific theoriesstructuralismtheoretical terms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10)

Review text

The article presents a deductive system consisting of five postulates meant to capture a structuralist theory of science. The author is of the opinion that the postulates yield a certain degree of completeness. A higher-order semantics is given to the deductive system. Two examples from mechanics illustrate the framework. Towards the end some difficulties with achieving a complete formalisation are discussed.

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