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Reasoning about theoretical entities /
Reductionism is one of those philosophical myths that are either enthusiastically embraced or wholeheartedly rejected. And, like all other philosophical myths, it rarely gets serious consideration. Reasoning About Theoretical Entities strives to give reductionism its day in court, as it were, by exp...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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River Edge, N.J. :
World Scientific,
©2003.
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| Colección: | Advances in logic ;
v. 3. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Reductionism is one of those philosophical myths that are either enthusiastically embraced or wholeheartedly rejected. And, like all other philosophical myths, it rarely gets serious consideration. Reasoning About Theoretical Entities strives to give reductionism its day in court, as it were, by explicitly developing several versions of the reductionist project and assessing their merits within the framework of modern symbolic logic. Not since the days of Carnap's Aufbau has reductionism received such close attention (albeit in a necessarily restricted and regimented setting such as that of modern mathematical logic). As such this book fills a void in the philosophical literature and presents a challenge to every would-be (anti- )reductionist. It should be required reading for every first-year graduate student in philosophy. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (93 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-91) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789812795038 9812795030 1281935492 9781281935496 9786611935498 6611935495 |