3 ideas
10066 | Putnam coined the term 'if-thenism' [Putnam, by Musgrave] |
3425 | Reduction has been defined as deriving one theory from another by logic and maths [Nagel,E, by Kim] |
9425 | Lewis later proposed the axioms at the intersection of the best theories (which may be few) [Mumford on Lewis] |