CARNAP AND NEWTON: TWO APPROACHES TO THE METHOD OF THEORY CONSTRUCTION (PART I)

• Authors: Hanzel Igor
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper compares Carnap's and Hempel's Standard Conception of Scientific Theories with Newton's method of theory construction as applied in his Principia. It is shown that the latter is built, contrary to Carnap's and Hempel's views, by a cyclical method.

Keywords

EN

CARNAP RUDOLF; HEMPEL CARL G.; METHOD OF THEORY CONSTRUCTION; NEWTON ISAAC

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Institute of Philosophy of Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic
• Journal: Organon F. medzinárodný časopis pre analytickú filozofiu
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 183-213
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Hanzel Igor

• Igor Hanzel, Department of Logic and Methodology of Sciences, Philosophical Faculty, Comenius University, Safarikovo nam. 6, 818 01 Bratislava, Slovak republic; www.klemens.sav.sk/fiusav/organon

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09SKAAAA062715