Structuralism, Model Theory and Reduction |
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Authors: | Karl-Georg Niebergall |
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Affiliation: | (1) Seminar für Philosophie, Logik und Wissenschaftstheorie Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 80539 München, Germany |
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Abstract: | In this paper, the (possible) role of model theory forstructuralism and structuralist definitions of ``reduction' arediscussed. Whereas it is somewhat undecisive with respect tothe first point – discussing some pro's and con's ofthe model theoretic approach when compared with a syntacticand a structuralist one – it emphasizes that severalstructuralist definitions of ``reducibility' do not providegenerally acceptable explications of ``reducibility'. This claimrests on some mathematical results proved in this paper. |
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