Defeasible reasoning + partial models: A formal framework for the methodology of research programs

DOI10.1007/s10699-010-9200-0zbMath1234.03006MaRDI QIDQ538332

Otávio Bueno, Claudio Delrieux, Fernando A. Tohmé

Publication date: 25 May 2011

Published in: Foundations of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-010-9200-0

zbMATH Keywords

cosmology; defeasible reasoning; Lakatos; partial structures; scientific reasoning

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

85A40: Astrophysical cosmology

03A10: Logic in the philosophy of science

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