Can there be higher level laws of nature even though everything is reducible to the fundamental laws of physics? The computer science notion of level of abstraction explains how there can be
In their recent book Every Thing Must Go Ladyman and Ross (Ladyman et al. 2007) claim: (1...
This paper presents The Unity of Science by answering four fundamental concerns about nature: 1) The...
We know that there are two frontiers in the study of the basic laws of natural science: the frontier...
Can there be higher level laws of nature even though everything is reducible to the fundamental laws...
Scientists have always attempted to explain the world in terms of a few unifying principles. In the ...
Abstract. Computational thinking resolves a problem in philosophy: how can there be higher level law...
This paper understands reductionism as a relation between explanations, not theories. It argues that...
In their recent book Every Thing Must Go, Ladyman and Ross claim: (i) Physics is analytically comple...
The validity of our scientific descriptions of reality does not hinge on their emergence from a more...
What are the laws of nature? Are they abstract entities that govern physical processes? Or are they ...
Talk of levels or layers of reality is ubiquitous in science and in philosophy. It is widely assumed...
The goals of reduction have been numerous: revealing unity behind the appearance of plurality, showi...
In this paper I shall discuss the problem of cognition of\ud laws of nature on the following differe...
Anti-reductionists hold that special science explanations of some phenomena are objectively better t...
In their recent book Every Thing Must Go Ladyman and Ross (Ladyman et al. 2007) claim: (1...
This paper presents The Unity of Science by answering four fundamental concerns about nature: 1) The...
We know that there are two frontiers in the study of the basic laws of natural science: the frontier...
Can there be higher level laws of nature even though everything is reducible to the fundamental laws...
Scientists have always attempted to explain the world in terms of a few unifying principles. In the ...
Abstract. Computational thinking resolves a problem in philosophy: how can there be higher level law...
This paper understands reductionism as a relation between explanations, not theories. It argues that...
In their recent book Every Thing Must Go, Ladyman and Ross claim: (i) Physics is analytically comple...
The validity of our scientific descriptions of reality does not hinge on their emergence from a more...
What are the laws of nature? Are they abstract entities that govern physical processes? Or are they ...
Talk of levels or layers of reality is ubiquitous in science and in philosophy. It is widely assumed...
The goals of reduction have been numerous: revealing unity behind the appearance of plurality, showi...
In this paper I shall discuss the problem of cognition of\ud laws of nature on the following differe...
Anti-reductionists hold that special science explanations of some phenomena are objectively better t...
In their recent book Every Thing Must Go Ladyman and Ross (Ladyman et al. 2007) claim: (1...
This paper presents The Unity of Science by answering four fundamental concerns about nature: 1) The...
We know that there are two frontiers in the study of the basic laws of natural science: the frontier...