The Structure of Scientific Theories

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Frederick Suppe
University of Illinois Press, 1977 - 818 lappuses
''A clear and comprehensive introduction to contemporary philosophy of science.'' -- American Scientist ''The best account of scientific theory now available, one that surely commends itself to every philosopher of science with the slightest interest in metaphysics.'' -- Review of Mathematics ''It should certainly be of interest to those teaching graduate courses in philosophy of science and to scientists wishing to gain a further appreciation of the approach used by philosophers of science.'' -- Science Activities
 

Saturs

I Historical Background to the Received View
6
II Development of the Received View
16
A Correspondence Rules and Cognitive Significance
17
The Status of Theoretical Terms
27
C Logic of the Conditional
36
D ObservationalTheoretical Distinction
45
E Final Version of the Received View
50
Theory Reduction
53
XIII
344
XIV
350
XV
361
XVI
374
XVII
392
XVIII
402
XIX
409
XX
420

III Status of the Received View
57
IV Criticism of the Received View
62
B ObservationalTheoretical Distinction
66
C Partial Interpretation
86
D Models
95
E Correspondence Rules
102
F Formalization Issues
110
G Conclusions on the Adequacy of the Received View
115
V Alternatives to the Received View and Their Critics
119
A Skeptical Descriptive Analyses
120
B Weltanschauungen Analyses
125
C Semantic Approaches
221
D Explanation and Theories
230
Main Issues Concerning the Structure of Theories1969
233
Proceedings of the Symposium
241
Formulation and Formalization of Scientific Theories A SummaryAbstract
242
I
255
II
266
3 Probabilistic Theories with Incorrigible Data
271
III
273
IV
278
V
281
VI
284
VII
289
VIII
308
IX
315
X
321
XI
327
XII
335
XXI
424
XXII
433
XXIII
435
XXIV
457
XXVI
481
XXVII
498
XXVIII
516
XXX
523
XXXI
530
XXXII
553
XXXIII
562
XXXV
567
2 The Rationality of Scientific Decisions
568
XXXVI
570
XXXVII
576
XXXVIII
584
XXXIX
594
Introduction
609
I Swan Song for Positivism
610
XLI
611
XLII
625
A History and Philosophy of Science
642
Bibliography
717
XLIII
719
XLIV
756
XLV
761
XLVI
793
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