Theorizing About Theories and Mathematical Existence

Suppes proposes an analysis of the structure and identity of empirical theories with his model-theoretical approach and undertakes effective reconstructions of theories in diverse disciplinary fields. Here the authors analyse the results of these examinations under the optics of questions concerning the assumed ontological commitments, and for how they satisfy economic and other criteria.
Author(s): J. L. Usó-Doménech [sup.1], J. A. Nescolarde-Selva [sup.1], H. Gash [sup.2] Author Affiliations: (1) grid.5268.9, 0000 0001 2168 1800, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Alicante, , Alicante, Spain [...]