Book ID: CBB872184691

Scientific Pluralism Reconsidered: A New Approach to the (Dis)Unity of Science (2017)

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Ruphy, Stéphanie (Author)


University of Pittsburgh Press


Publication Date: 2017
Physical Details: 208 pages
Language: English

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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Authors & Contributors
Shaw, Jamie
Vihalemm, Rein
Marlor, Chantelle
Heller, Lisa
Matthews, Lucas J.
Fehige, Yiftach
Concepts
Pluralism (philosophy)
Philosophy of science
Controversies and disputes
Chemistry
Methodology of science; scientific method
Sociology of knowledge
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
20th century, early
19th century
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