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    The Structure of Scientific Theories Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther

    ii. Which additional models (e.g., diagrammatic, narrative, scale) might 2. The Syntactic View
    be used to enrich our understanding of evolutionary theory?
    iii. What are the relations among theoretical mathematical models, data According to the Syntactic View, which emerged mainly out of work of
    models, and experimental models? How does theory explain and the Vienna Circle and Logical Empiricism (see Coffa 1991; Friedman
    shape data? How do the data constrain and confirm theory? 1999; Creath 2014; Uebel 2014), philosophy most generally practiced is,
    and should be, the study of the logic of natural science, or
    The main subject of investigation is mathematical structure, rather than Wissenschaftslogik (Carnap 1937, 1966; Hempel 1966). Robust and clear
    metamathematics or even alternative model types or modeling methods. logical languages allow us to axiomatically reconstruct theories, which—
    by the Syntacticists’ definition—are sets of sentences in a given logical
    Finally, the Pragmatic View asks about the internal complexity of
    domain language (e.g., Campbell 1920, 122; Hempel 1958, 46; cf. Carnap
    population genetic theory, as well as about the development and context of
    1967 [1928], §156, "Theses about the Constructional System"). Domain
    population genetics. In so doing, it inquires into how purposes and values
    languages include “the language of physics, the language of anthropology”
    have influenced the theoretical structure of evolutionary theory, selecting
    (Carnap 1966, 58).
    and shaping current population genetics from a wide variety of possible
    alternative theoretical articulations. The following questions about the This view has been variously baptized as the Received View (Putnam
    structure of population genetic theory might be here addressed: 1962; Hempel 1970), the Syntactic Approach (van Fraassen 1970, 1989),
    the Syntactic View (Wessels 1976), the Standard Conception (Hempel
    i. What role did R.A. Fisher’s interest in animal husbandry, and his
    1970), the Orthodox View (Feigl 1970), the Statement View (Moulines
    tenure at Rothamsted Experimental Station, play in shaping his
    1976, 2002; Stegmüller 1976), the Axiomatic Approach (van Fraassen
    influential methodologies of Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and
    1989), and the Once Received View (Craver 2002). For historical reasons,
    experimental design involving randomization, blocking, and factorial
    and because of the linguistic trichotomy discussed above, the “Syntactic
    designs?
    View” shall be the name of choice in this entry.
    ii. How did the development of computers and computational practices,
    statistical techniques, and the molecularization of genetics, shape
    2.1 Theory Structure per the Syntactic View
    theory and theorizing in population genetics, especially from the
    1980s to today? Some conceptual taxonomy is required in order to understand the logical
    iii. How might normative context surrounding the concept of “race” framework of the structure of scientific theories for the Syntactic View.
    impact the way concepts such as “heritability” and “lineage,” or We shall distinguish terms, sentences, and languages (see Table 1).
    principles such as HWP, are deployed in population genetics?
    2.1.1 Terms
    As when studying an organism, the structure of theory cannot be
    understood independently of its history and function.

    8 Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Winter 2016 Edition 9

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