Reduction in Science Structure, Examples, Philosophical Problems
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SYNTHESE LIBRARY
STUDIES IN EPISTEMOLOGY, LOGIC, METHODOLOGY, AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Managing Editor: JAAKKO HINTIKKA,
Florida State University, Tallahassee Editors:
DoNALD DAVIDSON, University of California, Berkeley GABRIEL NUCHELMANS, University of Leyden WESLEY C. SALMON, University of Pittsburgh
VOLUME 175
REDUCTION IN SCIENCE Structure, Examples, Philosophical Problems
Edited by WOLFGANG BALZER Universitiit Munchen
DAVID A. PEARCE Institut fur Philosoph ie, Freie Universitiit Berlin
HEINZ-JVRGEN SCHMIDT Fachbereich Physik der Universitiit Osnabruck
D. REIDEL PUBLISHING COMPANY A MEMBER OF THE KLUWER ' " ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS GROUP
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library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: Reduction in science. (Synthese library; v. 175) Papers presented at the colloquium "Reduktion in der Wissenschaft: Struktur, Beispiele, philosophischc Probleme," held in Bielefeld, West Germany, July 18-21, 1983. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Science-Theory reduction-Congresses. I. Balzer, W. (Wolfgang) II. Pearce, David A., 1952Ill. Schmidt, H.-J. (Heinz-Jiirgen), 1948Q175.R344 1984 501 84-13389 ISBN-I3: 978-94-009-6456-3 e-ISBN-13: 978-94-009-6454-9 DOl: 10.1007/978-94-009-6454-9
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CONTENTS Preface •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
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Introduction •••••••••••••••••••.••••••••••••••••••••••
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Wiadysiaw KRAJEWSKI, May We Identify Reduction and Explanation of Theories? •.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••
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Gunther LUDWIG, Restriction and Embedding •••••••••••••
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W. HOERING, Anomalies of Reduction ••••••••••••••••••••
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C. Ulises MOULINES, Ontological Reduction in the Natural Sc iences ••••••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••••••••••••••
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E. SCHEIBE, Explanation of Theories and the Problem of Progress in Physics •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
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Joseph D. SNEED, Reduction, Interpretation and Invariance ••••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••••••••••••••
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Gerhard VOLLMER, Reduction and Evolution - Arguments and Examples, ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.••
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David PEARCE and Veikko RANTALA, Limiting Case Correspondence between Physical Theories •••••.••••••••
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Dieter MAYR, Contact Structures, Predifferentiability and Approximation •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
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Heinz-Jlirgen SCHMIDT,
