Lutz, Sebastian Criteria of Empirical Significance: Foundations, Relations, Applications. Zeno Institute of Philosophy, Utrecht University.
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Abstract
This dissertation consists of three parts. Part I is a defense of an artificial language methodology in philosophy and a historical and systematic defense of the logical empiricists' application of an artificial language methodology to scientific theories. These defenses provide a justification for the presumptions of a host of criteria of empirical significance, which I analyze, compare, and develop in part II. On the basis of this analysis, in part III I use a variety of criteria to evaluate the scientific status of intelligent design, and further discuss confirmation, reduction, and concept formation.
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| Additional Information: | PhD thesis prepared at the Theoretical Philosophy Unit, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. |
| Keywords: | empirical significance; ideal language philosophy; artificial language philosophy; analyticity; concept formation; Received View; logical empiricism; syntactic view; semantic view |
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory General Issues > Confirmation/Induction General Issues > Conventionalism General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > Logical Positivism/Logical Empiricism Specific Sciences > Mathematics General Issues > Models and Idealization General Issues > Operationalism/Instrumentalism General Issues > Science vs. Pseudoscience General Issues > Structure of Theories General Issues > Theory/Observation |
| Depositing User: | Sebastian Lutz |
| Date Deposited: | 16 May 2012 09:03 |
| Last Modified: | 16 May 2012 09:03 |
| Item ID: | 9117 |
| Publisher: | Zeno Institute of Philosophy |
| URI: | http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9117 |
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