A Case Study on Theory Reduction and its Philosophy of Science

DOI10.4288/JAFPOS1956.9.255zbMATH Open1005.80500OpenAlexW2049999284MaRDI QIDQ4528616FDOQ4528616

Authors: Shunkichi Matsumoto 

Publication date: 11 February 2001

Published in: Annals of the Japan Association for Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.4288/jafpos1956.9.255

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations of thermodynamics and heat transfer (80A05) General histories, source books (01A05)

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• On the reducibility of hypotheses and consequences

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