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Reductive Explanation in the Biological Sciences
Marie I. Kaiser
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Description for Reductive Explanation in the Biological Sciences
hardcover. Series: History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences. Num Pages: 277 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 11 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 602.
This book develops a philosophical account that reveals the major characteristics that make an explanation in the life sciences reductive and distinguish them from non-reductive explanations. Understanding what reductive explanations are enables one to assess the conditions under which reductive explanations are adequate and thus enhances debates about explanatory reductionism. The account of reductive explanation presented in this book has three major characteristics. First, it emerges from a critical reconstruction of the explanatory practice of the life sciences itself. Second, the account is monistic since it specifies one set of criteria that apply to explanations in the life sciences in general. ... Read more
This book develops a philosophical account that reveals the major characteristics that make an explanation in the life sciences reductive and distinguish them from non-reductive explanations. Understanding what reductive explanations are enables one to assess the conditions under which reductive explanations are adequate and thus enhances debates about explanatory reductionism. The account of reductive explanation presented in this book has three major characteristics. First, it emerges from a critical reconstruction of the explanatory practice of the life sciences itself. Second, the account is monistic since it specifies one set of criteria that apply to explanations in the life sciences in general. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
Series
History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences
Number of Pages
277
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319253084
SKU
V9783319253084
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Reviews for Reductive Explanation in the Biological Sciences
“Reductive Explanation in the Biological Sciences offers a novel philosophical perspective on explanatory reduction by fruitfully distinguishing different important characteristics explanations may have. The account also excels by offering metaphilosophical reflections on normativity in philosophy of science.” (Ingo Brigandt, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, ndpr.nd.edu, August, 2016)