The Formal Sciences: Their Scope, Their Foundations, and Their Unity

@article{Lwe2004TheFS,
  title={The Formal Sciences: Their Scope, Their Foundations, and Their Unity},
  author={Benedikt L{\"o}we},
  journal={Synthese},
  year={2004},
  volume={133},
  pages={5-11}
}
  • B. Löwe
  • Published 1 October 2002
  • Computer Science
  • Synthese
Au-dela de l'opposition traditionnelle entre sciences naturelles et sciences sociales, l'A. definit les sciences formelles dans le sens d'une analyse deductive des systemes formels, reunissant les mathematiques, la philosophie theorique, l'informatique et la linguistique au sein d'un ensemble multidisciplinaire. 
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