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The Problem of Reductionism in Science - (Colloquium of the Swiss Society of Logic and Philosophy of Science, Zurich, May 18-19, 1990) (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991)
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The Problem of Reductionism in Science - (Colloquium of the Swiss Society of Logic and Philosophy of Science, Zurich, May 18-19, 1990) (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991)
Series: Episteme, 18
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The topic to which this book is devoted is reductionism, and not
reduction. The difference in the adoption of these two
denominations is not, contrary to what might appear at first sight,
just a matter of preference between a more abstract (reductionism)
or a more concrete (reduction) terminology for indicating the same
sUbject matter. In fact, the difference is that between a
philosophical doctrine (or, perhaps, simply a philosophical tenet
or claim) and a scientific procedure. Of course, this does not mean
that these two fields are separated; they are only distinct, and
this already means that they are also likely to be interrelated.
However it is useful to consider them separately, if at least to
better understand how and why they are interconnected. Just to give
a first example of difference, we can remark that a philosophical
doctrine is something which makes a claim and, as such, invites
controversy and should, in a way, be challenged. A scientific
procedure, on the other hand, is something which concretely exists,
and as such must be first of all described, interpreted,
understood, defined precisely and analyzed critically; this work
may well lead to uncovering limitations of this procedure, or of
certain ways of conceiving or defining it, but it does not lead to
really challenging it.
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