Advantages and tensions of Empiricist Structuralism’s perspective

Advantages and tensions of Empiricist Structuralism’s perspective

In this paper we critically analyze how the relation of representation between theories and phenomena is characterized in van Fraassen’s Empiricist Structuralism. Our aim is to offer arguments that emphasize the role of the object in building data models. We also propose to show that the methodologi...

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Main Authors: Bruno Borge, Susana Lucero
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2018-11-01
Series:Revista de Filosofia
Subjects:
estructuralismo empirista
empirismo constructivo
representación científica
modelos
van Fraassen.
Online Access:http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/RESF/article/view/62033
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Summary:In this paper we critically analyze how the relation of representation between theories and phenomena is characterized in van Fraassen’s Empiricist Structuralism. Our aim is to offer arguments that emphasize the role of the object in building data models. We also propose to show that the methodological option suggested in his recent work is insufficient to recover a plausible link between data models and phenomena.
ISSN:0034-8244
1988-284X

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