Two Approaches to Reduction: A Case Study from Statistical Mechanics.

I argue that there are two distinct approaches to understanding reduction: the ontology-first approach and the theory-first approach. They concern the relation between ontological reduction and inter-theoretic reduction. Further, I argue for the significance of this distinction by demonstrating that...

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Publicado en:Philosophy of Science Vol. 91; no. 4; pp. 969 - 990
Autor principal: Guo, Bixin
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Cambridge University Press Oct2024
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