Sentence examples for models of theory from inspiring English sources

Many models of theory reduction derive from the account of reduction due to Ernest Nagel (1949, 1961).

In line with models of theory reduction, Weber maintains that the explanans essentially involves biochemical ("physico-chemical") laws, which carry the explanatory force.

Models of theory reduction were of primary interest in post-positivist philosophy of science that emerged in the 1960s and have received the most attention (Schaffner 1993).

In the present paper, we examine 32 articles and synthesize six models of "theory use" based on our examination.

Context-dependence is primarily a problem for models of theory reduction; models of explanatory reduction often take the organismal context for granted without being committed to reducing it molecularly (as seen in reductive explanations offered in experimental biology).

However, the apparent absurdity of the claim that the molecular revolution in biology was not a successful instance of scientific reduction also led the formulation of increasingly more adequate models of theory reduction (Wimsatt 1976; Wimsatt 1980; Schaffner 1993; Waters 1994; Sarkar 1998).

In model theory one studies the interpretations (models) of theories formalized in the framework of formal logic, especially in that of the first-order predicate calculus with identity i.e., in elementary logic.

This quote suggests a connection between type-identity theories and models of theory-reduction: It suggests that reduction, understood as an inter-theory relation, is closely related to type-identity theory.

A legislative manoeuvre is very different from a local tailoring of licensing hours; applied health research aiming to develop interventions about a specific condition is worlds away from contemplative studies of models of theories of change.

Our method was to demonstrate modeling of theory use as a teaching strategy.

The Nagel model of theory reduction offers a clear vision of the "unity of science" (see the entry on unity of science).