Abstract

ROLLERI, JOSÉ LUIS. DATA, PHENOMENA, AND REPRESENTATION REGARDING THE EMPIRICIST STRUCTURALISM OF B. VAN FRAASSEN. Ideas y Valores [online]. 2015, vol.64, n.157, pp.137-149. ISSN 0120-0062.  https://doi.org/10.15446/ideasyvalores.v64n157.38991.

The article analyzes certain concepts of the empiricist structuralism of Bas van Fraassen, particularly that of representation, in order to carry out a critique of his position with respect to the link between the models of the theories and, ultimately, the physical world, through data models to which van Fraassen grants the role of representatives of phenomena. Finally, the article outlines a conceptualist alternative.

Keywords : B. van Fraassen; phenomena; data model; pragmatics; tautology.

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