The semantic conception and the structuralist view of theories: A critique of Suppe’s criticisms

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 600-607 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Lorenzano
Author(s):  
Pablo Lorenzano

RESUMENEl objetivo de este trabajo es mostrar, en la línea sugerida por Nickles (1980, 1981) y desarrollada por Sintonen (1985, 1996), no sólo que el «enfoque de resolución de problemas» y el «enfoque de teorías» no son contrapuestos, sino que este último, mediante la versión de la concepción semántica de las teorías conocida bajo el nombre de «estructuralismo metateórico», puede ser utilizado para aportar precisión al enfoque de resolución de problemas, a través de la caracterización más precisa del contexto teórico en el que se plantean los problemas y, de este modo, de su individuación e historia, pudiéndose así distinguir dos tipos de «cambio problemático»: «cambio en un problema» y «cambio de problema». Para ello, se presentará dicha propuesta y luego será aplicada al caso del «hibridismo» de Mendel.PALABRAS CLAVEPROBLEMA CIENTÍFICO, ENFOQUE DE RESOLUCIÓN DE PROBLEMAS, ESTRUCTURALISMO METATEÓRICO, HIBRIDISMOABSTRACTThe aim of this paper is to show, in the line suggested by Nickles (1980, 1981) and developed by Sintonen (1985, 1996), not just that the «problem-solving approach» and the «theory approach» are not incompatible, but also that the latter, in the version of the semantic conception of theories known as «structuralist view», can be used to give precision to the problem-solving approach, by a more precise characterization of the theoretical context in which problems arise and, in this way, to their individuation and history, distinguishing two types of «problem change»: «change in a problem» and «change of a problem». In order to do this, it will be presented a proposal that will be applied to Mendel’s «hybridism».KEYWORDSSCIENTIFIC PROBLEM, PROBLEM-SOLVING APPROACH, METATHEORETICAL STRUCTURALISM, HYBRIDISM


2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jecky Misieng

There are generally three views of the notion of a phoneme. The structuralist view of the phoneme focuses on this language phenomenon as a phonetic reality. In discovering phonemes of a language, phonologists who hold this view will look for minimal contrasting pairs as a way to determine contrasting sounds of that language. They will also look for allophones or two sounds of the same phoneme which may appear in complementary distribution. This paper will discuss the possible application of the structuralist approach to analyzing the phonemes of a dialect of Bidayuh, one of the Malayo-Polynesian languages spoken in the northern region of Borneo.


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