Reductionism in contemporary science; Unity of nature, variety of events

Foundations of Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 133-150

  KaŁuszyńska, Elzbieta ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Determinism; Epistemology; Evolution of the world; Explanation and understanding; Reductionism; Scientific models

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749100330     PISSN: 12331821     EISSN: 15728471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009646624077     Document Type: Article

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