Can Partial Structures Accommodate Inconsistent Science?

The semantic approach to scientific representation is now long established as a favourite amongst philosophers of science. One of the foremost strains of this approach—the model-theoretic approach (MTA)—is to represent scientific theories as families of models, all of which satisfy or ‘make true’ a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peter Vickers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2009-08-01
Series:Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology
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Online Access:http://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/13782/12632