Individualism and the Unity of Science

Essays on Reduction, Explanation, and the Special Sciences

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Individualism and the Unity of Science

Essays on Reduction, Explanation, and the Special Sciences

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In this original and important book, Harold Kincaid defends a view of the special sciences-all sciences outside physics-as autonomous and nonreducible. He argues that the biological and social sciences provide explanations that cannot be captured by explanations at the level of their constituent parts, and yet that this does not commit us to mysterious, nonphysical entitites like vital forces or group minds. A look at real scientific practice shows that the many different sciences can be unified in a way that leaves them each an autonomous explanatory role. This book will be of great interest to philosophers of science and social scientists.

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Published 04 Sep 1997
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 172
ISBN 9780847686636
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Dimensions 227 x 148 mm
Series The Worldly Philosophy: Studies at the Intersection of Philosophy and Economics
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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