The Semantic Approach and Its Application to Evolutionary Theory
PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1988:278 - 285 (1988)
| Abstract | In this talk I do three things. First, I review what I take to be fruitful applications of the semantic view of theory structure to evolutionary theory. Second, I list and correct three common misunderstandings about the semantic view. Third, I evaluate the weaknesses and strengths of Horan's paper in this symposium. Specifically, I argue that the criticisms leveled against the semantic view by Horan are inappropriate because they incorporate some basic misconceptions about the semantic view itself. | |||||||||
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