Philosophy of Science

Source As A Participant Role

Understanding the 'Source As A Participant Role' is crucial in systems thinking. It emphasizes that the origin of information or…

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Paradigm

A paradigm is a fundamental framework or model that shapes how we understand and approach a subject. It influences theories,…

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Ascertainment Relation

The ascertainment relation describes how probabilities or beliefs are updated when new evidence is observed. It's fundamental in Bayesian inference…

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Weak Negation in Logic

Weak negation, found in non-classical logics, asserts the absence of truth for a proposition rather than the truth of its…

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Ramsey Sentence

The Ramsey sentence expresses a theory's empirical content by quantifying over its theoretical terms. It's a method for isolating what…

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The Indispensability Argument in Philosophy of Mathematics

This argument posits that if mathematical entities are essential for our most successful scientific theories, we should accept their existence.…

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Deductively Equivalent Theories

Two theories are deductively equivalent if they can prove the exact same set of theorems. This means they offer the…

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Carnap-Ramsey Sentence

A Carnap-Ramsey sentence, from logical positivism, isolates a theory's empirical content by distinguishing theoretical terms from observational ones. It's a…

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