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By A. Hartkämper, H.-J. Schmidt (auth.), A. Hartkämper, H.-J. Schmidt (eds.)

The current quantity comprises 14 contributions provided at a colloquium on "Structure and Approximation in actual Theories" held at Osnabruck in June 1980. The articles are provided within the revised shape written after the colloquium and accordingly additionally take account of the result of the dialogue on the colloquium. it's a amazing function that the matter of approximation in actual theories has only in the near past stumbled on a few recognition within the philosophy of technological know-how, even though the operating physicist is con­ stantly faced with these questions. No fascinating concept of actual technological know-how precisely suits its experimental facts; virtually each relation among assorted theories is an approximate one. There­ fore an sufficient reconstruction of actual theories needs to have in mind and conceptualize the instant of approximation. the vast majority of the articles during this booklet is founded round this topic. There are not less than tricky, 'structuralistic' techniques to the formalization of actual theories during which the element of approximation has been integrated: the method because of P. Suppes, J. Sneed, W. Stegmuller ("S-approach") and the process of G. Lud­ wig and his co-workers ("L-approach"). The articles during this booklet correspondingly fall into 3 sessions: presentation, elaboration and critique of the L-approach [Hartkamper/Schmidt, Ludwig, Neumann, Werner, Schmidt, Mayr, Kamiah, Majer, Grafe] or of the S-approach [Moulines, Balzer, Cooke], and articles relating either techniques or occupied with similar issues [Scheibe, Pfarr, Castrigiano]. in fact, this is often just a tough class and every article needs to be appraised in its personal right.