The Structure of Science

Nagel, E. (1961). The Structure of Science: Problems in the Logic of Scientific Explanation. Harcourt, Brace.

Type

Book

Intellectual base

Review or monograph

Year

1961

Link

https://archive.org/details/structureofscien0000nage

Cited from

marine_science, physics

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Primes

• Correspondence Principle
  • The correspondence principle operates effectively regardless of which interpretation is correct, but it does not settle the metaphysical question.

    This sourceCanonical statement of inter-theoretic reduction (derivation of a higher-level theory from a lower one) and the reduction-vs-emergence debate; supports the heuristic-vs-ontological / reductionism-vs-emergence framing of T6 (D13-109).

• Reductionism
  • The essential commitment is upward determination plus explanatory sufficiency: understand the parts and their composition, and nothing about the whole is left unexplained.

    This sourceHarcourt, Brace & World. Classic statement of reduction as upward determination plus explanatory sufficiency, formalizing inter-theoretic reduction (the derivation of a higher-level theory from a lower one) and framing the question of where explanation bottoms out.

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