There are no such things as theories:
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| adam_text | Contents Preface Acknowledgements xi xv 1. Theories as Sets of Propositions Introduction The ‘Syntactic’ Approach to Theories Models in the Syntactic Approach The Impracticality of Formalization Correspondence Rules and the Individuation of Theories Theories as Abstract Entities (First Pass) Theories as Fictions (First Pass) Eliminativism (First Pass) Direct Representation Conclusion: Where Do We Stand? 1 1 3 5 9 13 18 19 27 30 32 2. Theories as Families of Models Introduction Linguistic Independence Capturing the Identity of Theories Throwing the Toys out of the Pram Conclusion: Where Do We Stand (Again)? 33 33 36 39 45 49 3. Theories as Representations Introduction From Art to Science The Open-Ended Nature of Artworks Scientific Representation and the DDI Account Denotation and Inconsistent Representations Representation and the Toolbox Return to Resemblance Case Study 1: Superconductivity (Again) Case Study 2: Bohr’s Model of the Atom (Again) (Partial) Isomorphism in Artistic Representation Criticism: Resemblance Is Not Directional Criticism: Isomorphism Is Neither Necessary nor Sufficient for Representation Conclusion: Representation Does Not Require Reification 51 51 52 53 60 67 69 70 73 74 76 88 92 95
viii CONTENTS 4. Theories as Abstract Entities Introduction Abstractness and Creativity (Art) Abstractness and Creativity (Science) Scientific Theories Are Not Abstract Objects Abstract Objects Can Be Created 97 97 100 107 110 112 5. Theories as Abstract Artefacts Introduction The Surprising Life of a World 3 Entity Models and Theories as Abstract Artefacts Concerns Multiple Discovery and Modal Flexibility Contextuality Persistence Conclusion: Heuristics and Sustainability 114 114 116 123 126 135 143 144 151 6. Theories as Fictions Introduction Models and the Imagination Models and Possibilia Models and Make-Believe Subj ectivity and the Limits of Imagination Conclusion: Losing the Ontological Lightness of Being 152 152 152 156 159 170 174 7. Theories Eliminated! Introduction Eliminative Fictionalism Cameraman Eliminativism with Added Truth-Makers Cutting the Knot Bring on the Truth-Makers Option 1: Thoughts Option 2: Practices The Aesthetics of Theories Concerns Conclusion: Shifting from Ontology to Practices 175 175 180 182 186 188 189 191 193 197 202 8. Theories in History and Practice Introduction A Little History of Quantum Physics Concern: Scientists’ History Concern: Quantum Physics Is Special Of Lifts and Quilts and Facades ‘Theory’Equivalence Conclusion: There Are No Theories Out There 203 203 203 209 212 213 219 223
CONTENTS ІХ 9. Theories in the Realism Debate Introduction Realism without Theories Truth and Truth Representation without the Representation What Is Doing the Representing? Conclusion: What Are We Doing as Philosophers of Science? 225 225 225 230 231 235 236 Bibliography Name Index Subject Index 241 261 265
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