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Theoretical Concepts and Hypothetico-Inductive Inference
Niiniluoto, Ilkka; Tuomela, R.
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Paperback. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; WM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 438.
Conceptual change and its connection to the development of new seien tific theories has reeently beeome an intensively discussed topic in philo sophieal literature. Even if the inductive aspects related to conceptual change have already been discussed to some extent, there has so far existed no systematic treatment of inductive change due to conceptual enrichment. This is what we attempt to accomplish in this work, al though most of our technical results are restricted to the framework of monadic languages. We extend Hintikka's system of inductive logic to apply to situations in which new concepts are introduced to the original ... Read more
Conceptual change and its connection to the development of new seien tific theories has reeently beeome an intensively discussed topic in philo sophieal literature. Even if the inductive aspects related to conceptual change have already been discussed to some extent, there has so far existed no systematic treatment of inductive change due to conceptual enrichment. This is what we attempt to accomplish in this work, al though most of our technical results are restricted to the framework of monadic languages. We extend Hintikka's system of inductive logic to apply to situations in which new concepts are introduced to the original ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Series
Synthese Library
Number of Pages
269
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401025980
SKU
V9789401025980
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