Scientific Pluralism.
by
 
Kellert, Stephen.

Title
Scientific Pluralism.

Author
Kellert, Stephen.

ISBN
9780816698240

Personal Author
Kellert, Stephen.

Physical Description
1 online resource (279 pages)

Series
Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science, v.19

Contents
Contents -- Introduction: The Pluralist Stance -- 1. The Many Unities of Science: Politics, Semantics, and Ontology -- 2. Perspectival Pluralism -- 3. Plurality and Complementarity in Quantum Dynamics -- 4. Pluralism and the Foundations of Mathematics -- 5. Pluralisms in Economics -- 6. Theoretical Pluralism and the Scientific Study of Behavior -- 7. A New/Old (Pluralist) Resolution of the Mind-Body Problem -- 8. Explanations of the Evolution of Sex: A Plurality of Local Mechanisms -- 9. A Pluralist Interpretation of Gene-Centered Biology -- 10. Disciplinary Pluralism for Science Studies -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Abstract
Scientific Pluralism demonstrates the viability of the view that some phenomena require multiple accounts. Pluralists observe that scientists present variousÑsometimes even incompatibleÑmodels of the world and argue that this is due to the complexity of the world and representational limitations.

Local Note
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Subject Term
Pluralism.
 
Science -- Philosophy.

Genre
Electronic books.

Added Author
Longino, Helen.
 
Waters, C. Kenneth.

Electronic Access
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LibraryMaterial TypeItem BarcodeShelf NumberStatus
IYTE LibraryE-Book1196387-1001Q175 -- .S42367 2006 EBEbrary E-Books