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Unity of Science

By Tuomas E. Tahko

Book information

ISBN
9781108581417, 9781108713382
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2472474 bytes)
Series
Elements in the Philosophy of Science
Pages
\80
Time added
2021-11-11 05:40:53

Description

Cover Title page Copyright page Unity of Science Contents 1 Introduction 2 A Historical Overview of Unity 2.1 From Logical Empiricism to Nagelian Reduction 2.2 Oppenheim and Putnam on the Unity of Science 2.3 Fodor on Multiple Realisability and the Disunity of Science 2.4 Kim versus Fodor on Jade 2.5 Are Higher-Level Kinds ‘Really There’? 3 Combining Unity and Pluralism 3.1 Biochemical Kinds and Special Science Laws 3.2 The Case of Haemoglobin 3.3 The Case of Electronegativity 3.4 Unity of Science and Ontological Reductionism 4 Unity of Science and Natural Kinds 4.1 The Naturalness and Kindhood Constraints 4.2 Mind-Independence, Cross-cutting Kinds, and the HierarchyThesis 4.3 Natural Kind Fundamentalism References

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