Book contents
- Reduction and Emergence in Science and Philosophy
- Reduction and Emergence in Science and Philosophy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Groundwork
- Part II The Roots of Reduction
- 3 How to be a Scientific Reductionist
- 4 Understanding Scientific Reductionism
- Part III The Fruits of Emergence
- Part IV New Landscapes, New Horizons
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - Understanding Scientific Reductionism
Fundamentalist Views of Ontology, Laws, Sciences, and Methodology
from Part II - The Roots of Reduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2016
- Reduction and Emergence in Science and Philosophy
- Reduction and Emergence in Science and Philosophy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Groundwork
- Part II The Roots of Reduction
- 3 How to be a Scientific Reductionist
- 4 Understanding Scientific Reductionism
- Part III The Fruits of Emergence
- Part IV New Landscapes, New Horizons
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Reduction and Emergence in Science and Philosophy , pp. 140 - 170Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016