Theory
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Theory is a set of propositions that attempt to describe or prescribe something. Theories can consist of thousands of interconnected propositions or, in an extreme, of one single proposition. Theories can be normative or descriptive.
Contents
Prehistory
Prehistory here
History
Current View
Descriptive and Normative
Open Questions
• Question 1
• Question 2
Related Articles
Notes
References
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- ^ Andersen, Hanne and Hepburn, Brian. (2015) Scientific Method. In Zalta (Ed.) (2016). Retrieved from http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/scientific-method/.
- a b Mormann, Thomas. (2008) Idealization in Cassirer's Philosophy of Mathematics. Philosophia Mathematica 16 (2), 151-181.
- a b c Halvorson, Hans. (2012) What Scientific Theories Could not be. Philosophy of Science 79 (2), 183-206.
- ^ Frigg, Roman. (2006) Scientific Representation and the Semantic View of Theories. Theoria 55, 49-65.
- ^ Barseghyan, Hakob. (2015) The Laws of Scientific Change. Springer.