The semantic view, empirical adequacy, and application

Critica-Revista Hispanoamericana de Filosofia

Volumn 37, Issue 109, 2005, Pages 29-63

  Suárez, Mauricio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Empirical adequacy; Scientific epistemology; Scientific representation; Semantic conception

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847314238     PISSN: 00111503     EISSN: 18704905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22201/iifs.18704905e.2005.449     Document Type: Review

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