Reduction, Explanation, and Realism

Reduction, Explanation, and Realism
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 500
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ISBN-10 : 0198751311
ISBN-13 : 9780198751311
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Book Synopsis Reduction, Explanation, and Realism by : David Owain Maurice Charles

Download or read book Reduction, Explanation, and Realism written by David Owain Maurice Charles and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributors to this volume evaluate the view that the phenomena studied in such varied fields as moral and mental philosophy, psychology, organic biology and social science are grounded in, but cannot be reduced to, phenomena that can be explained by the basic sciences.


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