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Conservative Reductionism.

All properties that exist in the world are functional properties in the sense of causal properties. The authors base a conservative ontological reductionism on this claim and then develop functional reduction into a fully-fledged theory reduction through functional sub-types that are coextensive wit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Esfeld, Michael
Otros Autores: Sachse, Christian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:All properties that exist in the world are functional properties in the sense of causal properties. The authors base a conservative ontological reductionism on this claim and then develop functional reduction into a fully-fledged theory reduction through functional sub-types that are coextensive with physical types, providing case studies from biology.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (213 pages)
ISBN:9780203817346
0203817346