Ramseyfication and structural realism

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Published 06-01-2004
DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/theoria.599
Elie G. ZAHAR

Abstract

The Ramsey-sentence H* of any hypothesis H is shown to be a synthetic proposition containing mathematics as a finite component. Far from being quasi-tautological, H* proves to have as much physical content as H itself.

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ZAHAR, E. G. (2004). Ramseyfication and structural realism. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 19(1), 5–30. https://doi.org/10.1387/theoria.599
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Keywords

metaphysics, realism, structuralism, refutability, Ramsey-sentence, finite axiomatization.

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Vol. 19 No. 1 (2004)
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ARTICLES

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