Halvorson, Hans and Tsementzis, Dimitris (2015) Categories of scientific theories. [Preprint]
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We discuss ways in which category theory might be useful in philosophy of science, in particular for articulating the structure of scientific theories. We argue, moreover, that a categorical approach transcends the syntax-semantics dichotomy in 20th century analytic philosophy of science.
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| Additional Information: | Forthcoming in Categories for the Working Philosopher, edited by Elaine Landry | |||||||||
| Keywords: | categorical logic, topos theory, semantic view of theories | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Structure of Theories | |||||||||
| Depositing User: | Hans Halvorson | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 30 Jul 2015 14:23 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 25 Feb 2016 04:08 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 11596 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Structure of Theories | |||||||||
| Date: | 29 July 2015 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11596 |
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