Individualism and the Unity of Science: Essays on Reduction, Explanation, and the Special Sciences

by Harold Kincaid

In this original and important book, Harold Kincaid defends a view of the special sciences-all sciences outside physics-as autonomous and nonreducible. He argues that the biological and social sciences provide explanations that cannot be captured by explanations at the level of their constituent parts, and yet that this does not commit us to mysterious, nonphysical entitites like vital forces or group minds. A look at real scientific practice shows...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847686639
• ISBN13: 9780847686636
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Rlpg/Galleys
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"