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Reduction and Emergence in Science and Philosophy (Paperback)
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Reduction and Emergence in Science and Philosophy (Paperback)
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Grand debates over reduction and emergence are playing out across
the sciences, but these debates have reached a stalemate, with both
sides declaring victory on empirical grounds. In this book, Carl
Gillett provides theoretical frameworks with which to understand
these debates, illuminating both the novel positions of scientific
reductionists and emergentists and the recent empirical advances
that drive these new views. Gillett also highlights the flaws in
existing philosophical frameworks and reorients the discussion to
reflect the new scientific advances and issues, including the
nature of 'parts' and 'wholes', the character of aggregation, and
thus the continuity of nature itself. Most importantly, Gillett
shows how disputes about concrete scientific cases are empirically
resolvable and hence how we can break the scientific stalemate.
Including a detailed glossary of key terms, this volume will be
valuable for researchers and advanced students of the philosophy of
science and metaphysics, and scientific researchers working in the
area.
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