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Reduction in Science

Structure, Examples, Philosophical Problems

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Editors:
  1. Wolfgang Balzer

    1. Universität München, Germany

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  2. David A. Pearce

    1. Institut für Philosophie, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

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  3. Heinz-Jürgen Schmidt

    1. Fachbereich Physik der, Universität Osnabrück, Germany

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Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 175)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Wolfgang Balzer, David Pearce, Heinz-Jürgen Schmidt
    Pages 1-9

  3. May We Identify Reduction and Explanation of Theories?

    • Władysław Krajewski
    Pages 11-15

  4. Restriction and Embedding

    • Günther Ludwig
    Pages 17-31

  5. Anomalies of Reduction

    • W. Hoering
    Pages 33-50

  6. Ontological Reduction in the Natural Sciences (1)

    • C. Ulises Moulines
    Pages 51-70

  7. Explanation of Theories and the Problem of Progress in Physics

    • E. Scheibe
    Pages 71-94

  8. Reduction, Interpretation and Invariance

    • Joseph D. Sneed
    Pages 95-129

  9. Reduction and Evolution — Arguments and Examples

    • Gerhard Vollmer
    Pages 131-152

  10. Limiting Case Correspondence Between Physical Theories

    • David Pearce, Veikko Rantala
    Pages 153-185

  11. Contact Structures, Predifferentiability and Approximation

    • Dieter Mayr
    Pages 187-198

  12. Tangent Embedding — A Special Kind of Approximate Reduction

    • Heinz-Jürgen Schmidt
    Pages 199-215

  13. A Logical Investigation of the Phlogiston Case

    • Andreas Kamlah
    Pages 217-238

  14. Utilistic Reduction in Sociology: The Case of Collective Goods

    • Theo A. F. Kuipers
    Pages 239-267

  15. Intertheory Relations in Growth Economics: Sraffa and Wicksell

    • David Pearce, Michele Tucci
    Pages 269-293

  16. Possible Approaches to Reduction in Economic Theory

    • L. Hamminga
    Pages 295-318

  17. Why Language?

    • Haim Gaifman
    Pages 319-330

  18. On the Comparison of Classical and Special Relativistic Space-Time

    • W. Balzer
    Pages 331-357

  19. Space-Time Geometries for One-Dimensional Space

    • Othman Q. Malhas
    Pages 359-380

  20. Quantum Theory as a Factualization of Classical Theory

    • Pekka J. Lahti
    Pages 381-396
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Universität München, Germany

    Wolfgang Balzer

  • Institut für Philosophie, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

    David A. Pearce

  • Fachbereich Physik der, Universität Osnabrück, Germany

    Heinz-Jürgen Schmidt

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Reduction in Science

  • Book Subtitle: Structure, Examples, Philosophical Problems

  • Editors: Wolfgang Balzer, David A. Pearce, Heinz-Jürgen Schmidt

  • Series Title: Synthese Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6454-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1984

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1811-2Published: 31 August 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-6456-3Published: 12 February 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-6454-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0166-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 446

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of the Social Sciences

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