Dupré, John
Professor of Philosophy of Science, University of Exeter
Print publication date: 2001 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online:
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-924806-3
doi:10.1093/0199248060.003.0001
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online:
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-924806-3
doi:10.1093/0199248060.003.0001
1 Introduction
Introduces the background to the scientism criticized in the main body of the work, and discusses its relation to various forms of reductionism and physicalism. (This summarizes, in part, detailed work in the author's earlier book, The Disorder of Things.) There is also a discussion of the essential role of models in scientific theory.
Keywords: physicalism, reductionism, scientific models, scientism
Keywords: physicalism, reductionism, scientific models, scientism
doi:10.1093/0199248060.003.0001
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