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Identifiable Collections of Countable Structures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Daniel N. Osherson  and
Scott Weinstein
Daniel N. Osherson
Affiliation:
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Scott Weinstein
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy University of Pennsylvania
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Abstract

A model of idealized scientific inquiry is presented in which scientists are required to infer the nature of the structure that makes true the data they examine. A necessary and sufficient condition is presented for scientific success within this paradigm.

Type
Research Article
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 56 , Issue 1 , March 1989 , pp. 94 - 105
Copyright
Copyright © 1989 by the Philosophy of Science Association

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Footnotes

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Support for this research was provided by the System Development Foundation.

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