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Reduction in Science

Structure, Examples, Philosophical Problems

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
  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. Reduction, Interpretation and Invariance

    • Joseph D. Sneed
    Pages 95-129
  8. Limiting Case Correspondence Between Physical Theories

    • David Pearce, Veikko Rantala
    Pages 153-185
  9. A Logical Investigation of the Phlogiston Case

    • Andreas Kamlah
    Pages 217-238
  10. Intertheory Relations in Growth Economics: Sraffa and Wicksell

    • David Pearce, Michele Tucci
    Pages 269-293
  11. Why Language?

    • Haim Gaifman
    Pages 319-330
  12. Space-Time Geometries for One-Dimensional Space

    • Othman Q. Malhas
    Pages 359-380

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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