02727oam 2200661I 450 991046138480332120200520144314.01-283-15111-197866131511171-136-72850-30-203-81734-610.4324/9780203817346 (CKB)2670000000094378(EBL)692365(OCoLC)730151689(SSID)ssj0000521667(PQKBManifestationID)11372120(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000521667(PQKBWorkID)10522726(PQKB)11415274(MiAaPQ)EBC692365(Au-PeEL)EBL692365(CaPaEBR)ebr10477579(CaONFJC)MIL315111(OCoLC)730503747(EXLCZ)99267000000009437820180706d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrConservative reductionism /Michael Esfeld and Christian SachseNew York :Routledge,2011.1 online resource (212 p.)Routledge studies in the philosophy of science ;8Description based upon print version of record.0-8153-7189-6 0-415-89186-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-196) and indexes.The dilemma of functionalism -- The metaphysics of causal structures -- The theory of evolution and causal structures in biology -- Case study: classical and molecular genetics -- Conservative functional reduction.Conservative Reductionism sets out a new theory of the relationship between physics and the special sciences within the framework of functionalism. It argues that it is wrong-headed to conceive an opposition between functional and physical properties (or functional and physical descriptions, respectively) and to build an anti-reductionist argument on multiple realization. By contrast, (a) all properties that there are in the world, including the physical ones, are functional properties in the sense of being causal properties, and (b) all true descriptions (laws, theories) that the Routledge studies in the philosophy of science ;8.ReductionismSciencePhilosophyElectronic books.Reductionism.SciencePhilosophy.501Esfeld Michael.500717Sachse Christian858380MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461384803321Conservative reductionism1916401UNINA