The semantic conception and the structuralist view of theories: A critique of Suppe's criticisms

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Lorenzano, Pablo Julio
Año de publicación
2013
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inglés
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Different conceptions of scientific theories, such as the state spaces approach of Bas van Fraassen, the phase spaces approach of Frederick Suppe, the set-theoretical approach of Patrick Suppes, and the structuralist view of Joseph Sneed et al. are usually put together into one big family. In addition, the definite article is normally used, and thus we speak of the semantic conception (view or approach) of theories and of its different approaches (variants or versions). However, in The Semantic Conception of Theories and Scientific Realism (Urban and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1989), starting from certain remarks already made in "Theory Structure" (in P. Asquith and H. Kyburg (Eds.), Current Research in Philosophy of Science, East Lansing: Philosophy of Science Association, 1979, pp. 317-338), Frederick Suppe excludes the structuralist view as well as other "European" versions from the semantic conception of theories. In this paper I will critically examine the reasons put forward by Suppe for this decision and, later, I will provide a general characterization of the semantic family and of the structuralist view of theories in such a way as to justify the inclusion of the structuralist view (as well as other "European" versions) as a member of this family.
Fil: Lorenzano, Pablo Julio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes; Argentina
Materia
SEMANTIC CONCEPTION OF THEORIES
STRUCTURALIST VIEW OF THEORIES
SEMANTIC FAMILY
FREDERICK SUPPE
JOSEPH D. SNEED
THOMAS S. KUHN
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The semantic conception and the structuralist view of theories: A critique of Suppe's criticisms
title The semantic conception and the structuralist view of theories: A critique of Suppe's criticisms
spellingShingle The semantic conception and the structuralist view of theories: A critique of Suppe's criticisms
Lorenzano, Pablo Julio
SEMANTIC CONCEPTION OF THEORIES
STRUCTURALIST VIEW OF THEORIES
SEMANTIC FAMILY
FREDERICK SUPPE
JOSEPH D. SNEED
THOMAS S. KUHN
title_short The semantic conception and the structuralist view of theories: A critique of Suppe's criticisms
title_full The semantic conception and the structuralist view of theories: A critique of Suppe's criticisms
title_fullStr The semantic conception and the structuralist view of theories: A critique of Suppe's criticisms
title_full_unstemmed The semantic conception and the structuralist view of theories: A critique of Suppe's criticisms
title_sort The semantic conception and the structuralist view of theories: A critique of Suppe's criticisms
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Lorenzano, Pablo Julio
author Lorenzano, Pablo Julio
author_facet Lorenzano, Pablo Julio
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv SEMANTIC CONCEPTION OF THEORIES
STRUCTURALIST VIEW OF THEORIES
SEMANTIC FAMILY
FREDERICK SUPPE
JOSEPH D. SNEED
THOMAS S. KUHN
topic SEMANTIC CONCEPTION OF THEORIES
STRUCTURALIST VIEW OF THEORIES
SEMANTIC FAMILY
FREDERICK SUPPE
JOSEPH D. SNEED
THOMAS S. KUHN
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Different conceptions of scientific theories, such as the state spaces approach of Bas van Fraassen, the phase spaces approach of Frederick Suppe, the set-theoretical approach of Patrick Suppes, and the structuralist view of Joseph Sneed et al. are usually put together into one big family. In addition, the definite article is normally used, and thus we speak of the semantic conception (view or approach) of theories and of its different approaches (variants or versions). However, in The Semantic Conception of Theories and Scientific Realism (Urban and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1989), starting from certain remarks already made in "Theory Structure" (in P. Asquith and H. Kyburg (Eds.), Current Research in Philosophy of Science, East Lansing: Philosophy of Science Association, 1979, pp. 317-338), Frederick Suppe excludes the structuralist view as well as other "European" versions from the semantic conception of theories. In this paper I will critically examine the reasons put forward by Suppe for this decision and, later, I will provide a general characterization of the semantic family and of the structuralist view of theories in such a way as to justify the inclusion of the structuralist view (as well as other "European" versions) as a member of this family.
Fil: Lorenzano, Pablo Julio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes; Argentina
description Different conceptions of scientific theories, such as the state spaces approach of Bas van Fraassen, the phase spaces approach of Frederick Suppe, the set-theoretical approach of Patrick Suppes, and the structuralist view of Joseph Sneed et al. are usually put together into one big family. In addition, the definite article is normally used, and thus we speak of the semantic conception (view or approach) of theories and of its different approaches (variants or versions). However, in The Semantic Conception of Theories and Scientific Realism (Urban and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1989), starting from certain remarks already made in "Theory Structure" (in P. Asquith and H. Kyburg (Eds.), Current Research in Philosophy of Science, East Lansing: Philosophy of Science Association, 1979, pp. 317-338), Frederick Suppe excludes the structuralist view as well as other "European" versions from the semantic conception of theories. In this paper I will critically examine the reasons put forward by Suppe for this decision and, later, I will provide a general characterization of the semantic family and of the structuralist view of theories in such a way as to justify the inclusion of the structuralist view (as well as other "European" versions) as a member of this family.
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