Grand debates over reduction and emergence are playing out across the sciences, but these debates have reached a stalemate, with both sides declaring victory on empirical grounds. In this book, Carl Gillett provides new theoretical frameworks with which to understand these debates, illuminating both...

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1. Verfasser:	Gillett, Carl 1967- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2016
Schlagworte:	Naturwissenschaft Philosophie Philosophy and science Science / Philosophy Reductionism Emergence (Philosophy) Reduktionismus Wissenschaft Fortschritt
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Zusammenfassung:	Grand debates over reduction and emergence are playing out across the sciences, but these debates have reached a stalemate, with both sides declaring victory on empirical grounds. In this book, Carl Gillett provides new theoretical frameworks with which to understand these debates, illuminating both the novel positions of scientific reductionists and emergentists and the recent empirical advances that drive these new views. Gillett also highlights the flaws in existing philosophical frameworks and reorients the discussion to reflect the new scientific advances and issues, including the nature of 'parts' and 'wholes', the character of aggregation, and thus the continuity of nature itself. Most importantly, Gillett shows how disputes about concrete scientific cases are empirically resolvable and hence how we can break the scientific stalemate. Including a detailed glossary of key terms, this volume will be valuable for researchers and advanced students of the philosophy of science and metaphysics, and scientific researchers working in the area
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Sep 2016)
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (ix, 389 pages)
ISBN:	9781139871716
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9781139871716