Pluralistic ontology and theory reduction in the physical sciences
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 39 (3):295-312 (1988)
| Abstract | It is demonstrated that the reduction of a physical theory S to another one, T, in the sense that S can be derived from T holds in general only for the mathematical framework. The interpretation of S and the associated central terms cannot all be derived from those of T because of the qualitative differences between the cognitive levels of S and T. Their cognitively autonomous status leads to an epistemic as well as an ontological pluralism. This pluralism is consistent with the unity of nature in the sense of a substantive monism. | |||||||||
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