Scientific Pluralism Reconsidered

Scientific Pluralism Reconsidered
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Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Total Pages : 252
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ISBN-10 : 9780822981534
ISBN-13 : 082298153X
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Book Synopsis Scientific Pluralism Reconsidered by : Stephanie Ruphy

Download or read book Scientific Pluralism Reconsidered written by Stephanie Ruphy and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2016-12-23 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can we expect our scientific theories to make up a unified structure, or do they form a kind of "patchwork" whose pieces remain independent from each other? Does the proliferation of sometimes-incompatible representations of the same phenomenon compromise the ability of science to deliver reliable knowledge? Is there a single correct way to classify things that science should try to discover, or is taxonomic pluralism here to stay? These questions are at the heart of philosophical debate on the unity or plurality of science, one of the most central issues in philosophy of science today. This book offers a critical overview and a new structure of this debate. It focuses on the methodological, epistemic, and metaphysical commitments of various philosophical attitudes surrounding monism and pluralism, and offers novel perspectives and pluralist theses on scientific methods and objects, reductionism, plurality of representations, natural kinds, and scientific classifications.


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