Andrew D. Chapman - The Classical View of Scientific Theories (Nagel)

In this lecture, we discuss the following eight topics:

1. The Broad Definition of “Theory” and What Theories Do
2. Logical Positivism and the Classical View of Theories
3. The Three Components of a Scientific Theory
4. Abstract Structure, Definitions, and Meaningful Statements
5. Correspondence Rules, the Empirical, and the Theoretical
6. An Interpretation of a Scientific Theory
7. Scientific Progress and Scientific Methodology
8. Critical Analysis of the Classical View

This video is a supplement to Ernest Nagel's article, "Experimental Laws and Theories," which can be accessed here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P6k-Lezg_3h405yuEBoDrvdvYmNCWp6C/view?usp=sharing

See more from Andrew at: http://www.andrewdchapman.org

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