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Unity of Science

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  1. Robert L. Causey
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Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 109)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Robert L. Causey
    Pages 1-16

  3. Explanations, Identities, and Theories

    • Robert L. Causey
    Pages 17-47

  4. Theories with Structured Wholes

    • Robert L. Causey
    Pages 48-68

  5. Microreductions: Set Theoretical Form

    • Robert L. Causey
    Pages 69-79

  6. Microreductions with Identities

    • Robert L. Causey
    Pages 80-105

  7. Unified Theories and Unified Science

    • Robert L. Causey
    Pages 106-131

  8. Complications and Obstacles

    • Robert L. Causey
    Pages 132-159

  9. Scientific Progress and Unity of Science

    • Robert L. Causey
    Pages 160-177

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 178-192
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About this book

The first section of this chapter describes the major goals of this investiga­ tion and the general strategy of my presentation. The remaining three sections review some requisite background material and introduce some terminology and notation used in the book. Section B contains a brief review of some of the ideas and notation of elementary logic and set theory. Section C contains an introductory discussion of kinds and at­ tributes. Section D presents some basic ideas about laws and law­ sentences. A. GENERAL PLAN OF THE BOOK Basic scientific research is directed towards the goals of increasing our knowledge of the wor1d and our understanding of the wor1d. Knowledge increases through the discovery and confirmation of facts and laws. Understanding results from the explanation of known facts and laws, and through the formulation of general, systematic theories. Other things being equal, we tend to feeI that our understanding of a c1ass of phenomena increases as we develop increasingly general and intuitively unified theories of that c1ass of phenomena. It is therefore natural to consider the possibility of one very general, unified theory which, at least in principle, governs all known phenomena. The dream of obtaining such a theory, and the understanding that it would provide, has motivated an enormous amount of research by both scientists and philosophers.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Unity of Science

  • Authors: Robert L. Causey

  • Series Title: Synthese Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1188-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1977

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0779-6Published: 30 April 1977

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-1190-7Published: 21 April 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-1188-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0166-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 192

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science

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