LEADER 02724oam 2200661I 450 001 9910789532303321 005 20230124190147.0 010 $a1-136-72849-X 010 $a1-283-15111-1 010 $a9786613151117 010 $a1-136-72850-3 010 $a0-203-81734-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203817346 035 $a(CKB)2670000000094378 035 $a(EBL)692365 035 $a(OCoLC)730151689 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000521667 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11372120 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000521667 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10522726 035 $a(PQKB)11415274 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC692365 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL692365 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10477579 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL315111 035 $a(OCoLC)730503747 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000094378 100 $a20180706d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aConservative reductionism /$fMichael Esfeld and Christian Sachse 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (212 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in the philosophy of science ;$v8 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8153-7189-6 311 $a0-415-89186-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [177]-196) and indexes. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aConservative Reductionism sets out a new theory of the relationship between physics and the special sciences within the framework of functionalism. It argues that it is wrong-headed to conceive an opposition between functional and physical properties (or functional and physical descriptions, respectively) and to build an anti-reductionist argument on multiple realization. By contrast, (a) all properties that there are in the world, including the physical ones, are functional properties in the sense of being causal properties, and (b) all true descriptions (laws, theories) that the 410 0$aRoutledge studies in the philosophy of science ;$v8. 606 $aReductionism 606 $aScience$xPhilosophy 615 0$aReductionism. 615 0$aScience$xPhilosophy. 676 $a501 700 $aEsfeld$b Michael.$0500717 701 $aSachse$b Christian$01542490 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789532303321 996 $aConservative reductionism$93845984 997 $aUNINA