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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Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2009-08-01
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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 |