Who’s Afraid of Nagelian Reduction?

Dizadji-Bahmani, Foad; Frigg, Roman und Hartmann, Stephan (2010): Who’s Afraid of Nagelian Reduction? In: Erkenntnis, Bd. 73, Nr. 3: S. 393-412

Abstract

We reconsider the Nagelian theory of reduction and argue that, contrary to a widely held view, it is the right analysis of intertheoretic reduction. The alleged difficulties of the theory either vanish upon closer inspection or turn out to be substantive philosophical questions rather than knock-down arguments.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Philosophie, Wissenschaftstheorie und Religionswissenschaft > Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) ; Philosophie, Wissenschaftstheorie und Religionswissenschaft > Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) > Philosophy of Science
• Themengebiete: 100 Philosophie und Psychologie > 100 Philosophie
• ISSN: 0165-0106
• Sprache: Englisch