| Description |
1 online resource (xxix, 248 pages) : illustrations |
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Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 19 |
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Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 19.
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| Contents |
Introduction: the pluralist stance / Stephen H. Kellert, Helen E. Longino, and C. Kenneth Waters -- The many unities of science : politics, semantics, and ontology / Alan W. Richardson -- Perspectival pluralism / Ronald N. Giere -- Plurality and complementarity in quantum dynamics / Michael Dickson -- Pluralism and the foundations of mathematics / Geoffrey Hellman and John L. Bell -- Pluralisms in economics / Esther-Mirjam Sent -- Theoretical pluralism and the scientific study of behavior / Helen E. Longino -- A new/old (pluralist) resolution of the mind-body problem / C. Wade Savage -- Explanations of the evolution of sex : a plurality of local mechanisms / Carla Fehr -- A pluralist interpretation of gene-centered biology / C. Kenneth Waters -- Disciplinary pluralism for science studies / Stephen H. Kellert |
| Summary |
Scientific Pluralism demonstrates the viability of the view that some phenomena require multiple accounts. Pluralists observe that scientists present varioussometimes even incompatiblemodels of the world and argue that this is due to the complexity of the world and representational limitations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Science -- Philosophy.
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Pluralism.
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pluralism.
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SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects.
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Pluralism.
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Science -- Philosophy.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kellert, Stephen H.
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Longino, Helen E.
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Waters, C. Kenneth, 1956-
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| ISBN |
9780816698240 |
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0816698244 |
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