On a new Definition of Theoreticity

Dialectica 39 (2):127-145 (1985)
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SummaryA simple and precise definition is offered of “term t of theory T being T‐theoretical” which can be applied to any formalized theory. The definition is in line with and emends traditional accounts of theoreticity. Its adequacy is demonstrated by application to three examples: exchange economics, classical mechanics and collision mechanics

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10.1111/j.1746-8361.1985.tb01251.x

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Wolfgang Balzer
Ludwig Maximilians Universität, München

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Logical Foundations of the Unity of Science.Rudolf Carnap - 1991 - In Richard Boyd, Philip Gasper & J. D. Trout (eds.), The Philosophy of Science. MIT Press.
On theoreticity.Wolfgang Balzer & C. Ulises Moulines - 1980 - Synthese 44 (3):467 - 494.
On a new Definition of Theoreticity.Wolfgang Balzer - 1985 - Dialectica 39 (2):127-145.

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