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Veikko R. Rantala

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Epistemology
Logic and Philosophy of Logic
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Epistemology
Logic and Philosophy of Logic
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  •  124
    Realism and reference
    with David Pearce
    Synthese 52 (3). 1982.
    Realism and Anti-RealismReferenceVarieties of Scientific Realism
  •  143
    A logical study of the correspondence relation
    with David Pearce
    Journal of Philosophical Logic 13 (1). 1984.
    Logic and Philosophy of Logic
  •  36
    Translation and Scientific Change
    In William Herfel et al (ed.), Theories and Models in Scientific Processes, Rodopi. pp. 249--268. 1995.
    Theory ChangeIncommensurability in Science
  •  105
    On the logical basis of the structuralist philosophy of science
    Erkenntnis 15 (3). 1980.
  • Counterfactual Reduction
    In Kostas Gavroglu, Yorgos Goudaroulis & P. Nicolacopoulos (eds.), Imre Lakatos and Theories of Scientific Change, Springer. pp. 347-360. 1989.
    Science, Logic, and MathematicsImre Lakatos
  •  144
    Constructing general models of theory dynamics
    with David Pearce
    Studia Logica 42 (2-3). 1983.
    This essay is an attempt to consider dynamic aspects of scientific theorising from a formal perspective. Our emphasis will be on the aims and methods for constructing formal models of theory dynamics which will be conceived from a general or 'theoretical' rather than 'applied' standpoint
    Logic and Philosophy of LogicLogic and Philosophy of Logic, Miscellaneous
  •  1
    The work of art, identity and interpretation
    Semiotica 87 (3-4): 271-292. 1991.
  •  76
    Review (review)
    Synthese 86 (2): 297-319. 1991.
  •  1
    Learning and Epistemic Logic
    Acta Philosophica Fennica 78 139. 2006.
    Epistemic Logic
  • Scientific Change, Continuity, and Problem Solving
    with David Pearce
    Philosophia Naturalis 21 (2/4): 389-399. 1984.
    Causation, MiscellaneousTheory Change
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