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9789810247911

The Problem of the Unity of Science: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the International Academy of the Philosophy of Science, Copenhagen-Aarhus, Denmark, 31 May-3 June 2000

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    9789810247911

  • ISBN10:

    9810247915

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-11-01
  • Publisher: WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUB CO INC
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Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Intl Academy of the Philosophy of Science, held May 31-June 3, 2000 in Copenhagen-Aarhus, Denmark. Starts with a clarification of the possible meanings of this unity and then discusses the features of the mentioned approaches to unity, evaluating the success and the shortcomings of the unification program.

Table of Contents

Introduction v
E. Agazzi
J. Faye
Part I. The General Framework
What does `The Unity of Science' Mean?
3(12)
E. Agazzi
The Unity of Disunity
15(14)
J. Faye
Reason and Unification in Science
29(10)
D. Shapere
L'unite des sciences: une double tache pour la philosophie
39(14)
H. Barreau
La ``poiesis'' et al'unite de la rationalite
53(16)
G. Heinzmann
Part II. Science of Nature and Sciences of Man
On a Difference between Natural Science and the Interpretive Sciences of Man
69(12)
F. Collin
General Remarks of Problem of the Unity of Science
81(8)
H. Fink
Natural Sciences and Human Sciences
89(8)
G.M. Prosperi
Part III. Overcoming Reductionism
Complexity, Reductionism, and the Unity of Science
97(10)
J. Ricard
L'interdisciplinarite et unite de la science
107(18)
J.-P. Descles
The Consilience Approach to the Unity of Science
125(16)
B. Kanitscheider
Part IV. The Unity Within a Single Science
Two Unification Strategies in Social Science: Reduction and Integration
141(12)
M. Bunge
The Problem of Unity in a Single Field of Science
153(12)
A. Cordero
The Unity of Particle Physics and Cosmology? The Case of the Cosmological Constant
165(12)
J. Mosterin
What if Quantum Mechanics is Universally Valid?
177(12)
P. Mittelstaedt
Is Quantum Mechanics a Universal Theory?
189
B. d'Espagnat

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