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Unity of science / (Record no. 10588)

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International Standard Book Number 9781108581417 (ebook)
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Canceled/invalid ISBN 9781108713382 (paperback)
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Original cataloging agency UkCbUP
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Classification number Q175
Item number .T34 2021
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Classification number 501
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100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Tahko, Tuomas E.,
Dates associated with a name 1982-
Relator term author.
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Title Unity of science /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Tuomas E. Tahko.
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Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Cambridge :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Cambridge University Press,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2021.
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Extent 1 online resource (71 pages) :
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Series statement Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of science,
International Standard Serial Number 2517-7273
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General note Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Feb 2021).
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Summary, etc. Unity of science was once a very popular idea among both philosophers and scientists. But it has fallen out of fashion, largely because of its association with reductionism and the challenge from multiple realisation. Pluralism and the disunity of science are the new norm, and higher-level natural kinds and special science laws are considered to have an important role in scientific practice. What kind of reductionism does multiple realisability challenge? What does it take to reduce one phenomenon to another? How do we determine which kinds are natural? What is the ontological basis of unity? In this Element, Tuomas Tahko examines these questions from a contemporary perspective, after a historical overview. The upshot is that there is still value in the idea of a unity of science. We can combine a modest sense of unity with pluralism and give an ontological analysis of unity in terms of natural kind monism.
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General subdivision Philosophy.
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Relationship information Print version:
International Standard Book Number 9781108713382
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Uniform title Cambridge elements.
Name of part/section of a work Elements in the philosophy of science,
International Standard Serial Number 2517-7273.
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Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108581417">https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108581417</a>

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