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| Bridge laws: Bridge laws provide relations between the terms of two theories, if one of the theories is to be reduced to the other. See also reduction, reductionism, theories._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Nancy Cartwright on Bridge Laws - Dictionary of Arguments
I 15 CartwrightVsBridge Laws: this is too simple a view of how explanations work; we must first provide a description of the situation before we can figure out the mathematical requirements of the theory. >Description, >Facts, >Situations, >Experiments. I 132 Bridge Principles/BP/Cartwright: Tradition (Hempel, Grünbaum, Ernest Nagel): the propositions of a theory consist of two types: a) internal principles: content of the theory, laws about the behavior of the objects b) bridge principles: connect the theory with more accessible aspects of reality (> "prepared description") Early: connection with monitoring reports. >Observation, >Theory ladenness. Vs: that does not work because of the theory ladenness of the observation new: connection of the the theory with already understood vocabulary. >Vocabulary, >Observation language, >Theoretical terms. Hempel/late: (1979)(1) this kind of explanation is not really deductive - HempelVsBridge-Principles: Problem: not invariably valid. I 135 Bridge principle: saying which equations are to be chosen - (how we get into the mathematical language and out of it again). I 205 CartwrightVsBridge Principles: instead of it we need insights on which operator is the right one for each problem. ((s) Operators/Cartwright/(s): represent the energies that are relevant in a situation within the equations.) 1.C. Hempel 1979, “Scientific Rationality: Analytic vs. Pragmatic Perspectives”, in Théodore F. Geraets (ed.), Rationality To-Day, Ottawa, Canada: The University of Ottowa Press, 46–58._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Car I N. Cartwright How the laws of physics lie Oxford New York 1983 CartwrightR I R. Cartwright A Neglected Theory of Truth. Philosophical Essays, Cambridge/MA pp. 71-93 In Theories of Truth, Paul Horwich, Aldershot 1994 CartwrightR II R. Cartwright Ontology and the theory of meaning Chicago 1954 |
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