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258The model-theoretic approach in the philosophy of sciencePhilosophy of Science 57 (2): 248-265. 1990.An introduction to the model-theoretic approach in the philosophy of science is given and it is argued that this program is further enhanced by the introduction of partial structures. It is then shown that this leads to a natural and intuitive account of both "iconic" and mathematical models and of the role of the former in science itself
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59The Theoretical Practices of Physics: Philosophical Essays * By R.I.G. HUGHESAnalysis 70 (3): 601-603. 2010.(No abstract is available for this citation)
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213Keeping quiet on the ontology of modelsSynthese 172 (2): 231-249. 2010.Stein once urged us not to confuse the means of representation with that which is being represented. Yet that is precisely what philosophers of science appear to have done at the meta-level when it comes to representing the practice of science. Proponents of the so-called ‘syntactic’ view identify theories as logically closed sets of sentences or propositions and models as idealised interpretations, or ‘theoruncula, as Braithwaite called them. Adherents of the ‘semantic’ approach, on the other h…Read more
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88Continuum Companion to the Philosophy of Science (edited book)Continuum. 2011.A one volume reference guide To The latest research in Philosophy of Science, written by an international team of leading scholars in the field.
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63Falkenburg Brigitte, Particle Metaphysics: A Critical Account of Subatomic Reality , Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg/New York (2007) pp. xvii+386Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 40 (2): 194-195. 2009.
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