Reduction in science: structure, examples, philosophical, problems
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In: Synthese library 175
In: Filosofija, sociologija, Band 34, Heft 3
The reductive strategies, such as the deductive-nomological (DN) model of explanation, or the Nagel–Schaffner reduction, have been perceived negatively ever since their first applications in historical inquiry. However, the role of the analysis of inter-theory relations, such as the preservation of success and retrospective rationality, has hardly ever received much attention from historians of science. In this paper, I am exploring the applicability of the analysis of inter-theory relations for the rational reconstruction of the development of science. I demonstrate that the historiography of Anneliese Maier is a good example of a few reductive strategies at play in historical inquiry that do not submit to the same criticism that the synchronic reductive analysis of theories is submitted to.
In: Journal for General Philosophy of Science, Band 29, Heft 2, S. 301-326
A central topic both in philosophy of science as well as in the empirical sciences is the reconstruction of the relations between theories. In the past comparisons of theories by means of traditional linguistic methods have proved to be extremely difficult and complicated. In this article the reconstruction of intertheoretical relations based on model-theoretical terms is propagated, as formulated within the structuralist view of theories. The efficiency of a model theoretical based comparison of theories is demonstrated by two theory elements from the social science research program of balance theories: The basic element by Heider and the transitivity theory by Holland and Leinhardt. First of all both theory elements are introduced informally and reconstructed in the structuralist format. On the basis of these reconstructions can be shown, that the Heider theory can be formally reduced to the Holland-Leinhardt theory and that the theory younger in history means an improvement. However, an integration of all balance theoretical elements into a theory net is not possible.
In: Synthese: an international journal for epistemology, methodology and philosophy of science, Band 130, Heft 1, S. 135-162
ISSN: 1573-0964
In: London papers in regional science 6
In: Current History, Band 27, Heft 6, S. 875-880
ISSN: 1944-785X
In: Current History, Band 27, Heft 5, S. 721-726
ISSN: 1944-785X
In: Bulletin of the atomic scientists, Band 20, Heft 2, S. 31-32
ISSN: 1938-3282
In: Synthese: an international journal for epistemology, methodology and philosophy of science, Band 195, Heft 11, S. 5059-5089
ISSN: 1573-0964
In: Synthese library 176
In: Current History, Band 23, Heft 5, S. 726-731
ISSN: 1944-785X
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In: Political science quarterly: PSQ ; the journal public and international affairs, Band 89, Heft 3, S. 589-611
ISSN: 0032-3195
IN RECENT YEARS THE U.S. CONGRESS HAS MORE AND MORE HANDED OVER TO THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING NATIONAL SCIENCE POLICY. LAKOFF ARGUES THAT AT THIS TIME SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IS SUFFICIENTLY THAT IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT CONGRESS ONCE AGAIN ASSERT CONTROL OVER THE FORMULATION OF U.S. SCIENCE POLICY. AT THE SAME TIME MUST ALLOW THE EXECUTIVE TO MAINTAIN ITS LEADERSHIP ROLE.