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Reductionism in the philosophy of science /
In contemporary philosophy of science, ontological reductionism, or the claim that everything that exists in the world is something physical, is the consensus mainstream position. Contrary to a widespread belief, this book establishes that ontological and epistemological reductionism stand or fall t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Frankfurt :
Ontos Verlag,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Epistemische Studien (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ;
Bd. 11. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In contemporary philosophy of science, ontological reductionism, or the claim that everything that exists in the world is something physical, is the consensus mainstream position. Contrary to a widespread belief, this book establishes that ontological and epistemological reductionism stand or fall together. The author proposes a new strategy of conservative theory reduction that operates by means of the construction of functional sub-concepts that are coextensional with physical concepts. Thus, a complete conservative reductionism is established that vindicates both the indispensable scientifi. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (330 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783110323320 311032332X 3110322870 9783110322873 |