The landscape of integrative pluralism
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Published
14-11-2023
Sandra D. Mitchell
Abstract
In this essay, I revisit and extend my arguments for a view of science that is pluralistic, perspectival and pragmatist. I attempt to resolve mismatches between metaphysical assumptions, epistemological desiderata, and scientific practice. I consider long-held views about unity of science and reductionism, emergent properties and physicalism, exceptionless necessity in explanatory laws, and in the justification for realism. My solutions appeal to the partiality of representation, the perspectivism of theories and data, and the interactive co-construction of warranted claims for realism.
How to Cite
Mitchell, S. D. (2023). The landscape of integrative pluralism. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 38(3), 261–297. https://doi.org/10.1387/theoria.25273
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Keywords
pluralism, realism, emergence, scientific laws, perspectivism, pragmatism, complexity
Section
THE LULLIUS LECTURES
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