Fitness Requirements for Scientific Theories

DOI10.1093/BJPS/34.4.355MaRDI QIDQ3676115zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Herbert A. Simon

Publication date 1983

Published in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/34.4.355

zbMATH Keywords

scientific theoryeliminability of theoretical termsRamsey eliminabilitytestability of theories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05)

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