Erhard Scheibe's Structuralism

Johannes Mierau's academic background is in physics, in which he graduated

in 2014. He specialized in theoretical condensed matter physics

and went on to do a PhD in the field of philosophy of science,

with special emphasis on the philosophy of physics, under the

supervision of Prof. Dr. Dr. Brigitte Falkenburg at Technical

University of Dortmund. In his PhD-thesis, he applied Scheibe's

theory to show that the purported paradox of phase transitions, an

extensively discussed problem in philosophy of physics, is the

product of the disregard of the imprecise nature of the involved

physical theories.

Johannes Mierau is currently working as a post-doctoral researcher for the chair of

theoretical philosophy and philosophy of the social sciences at

Witten/Herdecke University.

Introduction.- The Received View of theories.- From statements to structures.- From structures to statements.- Scheibe's hybrid structuralism.- On Scheibe's theory of reduction.- Conclusion: Views on scientific theories.