De los géneros constituidos de Kuhn a los objetos abstractos de Zalta

  1. José L. Falguera
Book:
VII Conference of the Spanish Society for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science: Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 18-20 July 2012
  1. Concha Martínez Vidal (dir. congr.)
  2. José L. Falguera López (dir. congr.)
  3. José M. Sagüillo (dir. congr.)
  4. Víctor M. Verdejo Aparicio (dir. congr.)
  5. Martín Pereira Fariña (dir. congr.)

Publisher: Servicio de Publicaciones e Intercambio Científico ; Universidad de Santiago de Compostela

ISBN: 978-84-9887-939-1

Year of publication: 2012

Pages: 409-416

Congress: Sociedad de Lógica, Metodología y Filosofía de la Ciencia en España. Congreso (7. 2012. Santiago de Compostela)

Type: Conference paper

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Abstract

Zalta applies his theory of abstract objects to account for the reference of terms like "(absolute) simultaneity ", "caloric" or "phlogiston", where these references are understood as fictional entities. This conveys that the reference of each of those terms is determined by all the conditions established by the corresponding theory. This proposal is assessed in the light of Kuhn’s considerations according to which kinds are the reference of scientific terms.

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