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.

Prehistory

Prehistory here

History

Current View

Descriptive and Normative

Open Questions

• Question 1

• Question 2

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Notes

References

  1. a b c d Winther (2015) 
  2. ^  Mormann, Thomas. (2008) Idealization in Cassirer's Philosophy of Mathematics. Philosophia Mathematica 16 (2), 151-181.
  3. a b c  Halvorson, Hans. (2012) What Scientific Theories Could not be. Philosophy of Science 79 (2), 183-206.
  4. ^  Frigg, Roman. (2006) Scientific Representation and the Semantic View of Theories. Theoria 55, 49-65.
  5. a b  Barseghyan, Hakob. (2015) The Laws of Scientific Change. Springer.
  6. ^  Sebastien, Zoe. (2016) The Status of Normative Propositions in the Theory of Scientific Change. Scientonomy 1, 1-9. Retrieved from https://www.scientojournal.com/index.php/scientonomy/article/view/26947.