What is the Point of Reduction in Science?

The numerous and diverse roles of theory reduction in science have been insufficiently explored in the philosophy literature on reduction. Part of the reason for this has been a lack of attention paid to reduction (successional reduction)—although I here argue that this sense of reduction is closer...

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Published in:	Erkenntnis Vol. 85; no. 6; pp. 1437 - 1461
Main Author:	Crowther, Karen
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Dec2020
Subjects:	Philosophical literature Search theory Role theory Research teams Philosophy of science
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