Categories of scientific theories

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In Elaine Landry (ed.), Categories for the Working Philosopher. Oxford University Press (2018)
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We discuss ways in which category theory might be useful in philosophy of science, in particular for articulating the structure of scientific theories. We argue, moreover, that a categorical approach transcends the syntax-semantics dichotomy in 20th century analytic philosophy of science.

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