On the disunity of the sciences and Ceteris Paribus laws
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Emma Tobin, 'On the disunity of the sciences and Ceteris Paribus laws', [thesis], Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Philosophy Department, 2006, pp 272Download Item:
Abstract:
This thesis examines the claim that the sciences are disunified. Chapter 1
outlines and introduces different accounts of the stratification of the sciences in the
literature, in particular, Unificationism, Disunificationism, Eliminativism and Human
Science Disunificationism. I argue that all of these competing views are informed by
an ideal model for successful science. In particular, all of the views discussed are
committed to the claim that a science requires laws to be considered scientifically
legitimate. At the end of this chapter, the narrower topic of the thesis is revealed: do
the special sciences have real legitimate ceteris paribus laws?
Author: Tobin, Emma
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Lyons, WilliamQualification name:
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)Publisher:
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