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The axiomatization of theories by set-theoretical predicates in the preceding chapter demonstrated that a theory cannot be, and is not, knowledge. Like a building or machine, a scientific theory T is a relational structure.
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Sadegh-Zadeh, K. (2012). Types of Medical Knowledge. In: Handbook of Analytic Philosophy of Medicine. Philosophy and Medicine(), vol 113. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2260-6_10
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