Unity of science was once a very popular idea among both
philosophers and scientists. But it has fallen out of fashion,
largely because of its association with reductionism and the
challenge from multiple realisation. Pluralism and the disunity of
science are the new norm, and higher-level natural kinds and
special science laws are considered to have an important role in
scientific practice. What kind of reductionism does multiple
realisability challenge? What does it take to reduce one phenomenon
to another? How do we determine which kinds are natural? What is
the ontological basis of unity? In this Element, Tuomas Tahko
examines these questions from a contemporary perspective, after a
historical overview. The upshot is that there is still value in the
idea of a unity of science. We can combine a modest sense of unity
with pluralism and give an ontological analysis of unity in terms
of natural kind monism. This title is available as Open Access on
Cambridge Core.
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