Scientific theories : a philosophical analysis

Title: Scientific theories : a philosophical analysis
Creator: Schwerin, Alan Kenneth
Subject: Science -- Philosophy
Subject: Logical positivism
Subject: Realism
Date Issued: 1979
Date: 1979
Type: text
Type: Thesis
Type: Masters
Type: MA
Identifier: vital:2701
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001976
Description: In this essay I have considered some of the philosophical problems involved in attempting to settle the question, What are scientific theories about? And in order to expose these problems, I have dealt with two influential responses to this question of the referents of scientific theories - namely, logical empiricism and realism.
Format: 151 leaves
Format: pdf
Publisher: Rhodes University
Publisher: Faculty of Humanities, Philosophy
Language: English
Rights: Schwerin, Alan Kenneth

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