Oppenheim and Putnam

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co-authors duo philosophers of science

Oppenheim and Putnam are philosophers of science known for defending a reductionist, hierarchical vision of scientific explanation in which higher-level phenomena are ultimately grounded in more fundamental physical processes.

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Label	Occurrences
Oppenheim and Putnam canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	co-authors ⓘ duo ⓘ philosophers of science ⓘ
associatedWithConcept	bridge principles between theories at different levels ⓘ hierarchical levels of organization in nature ⓘ micro-reduction ⓘ
claim	that explanations at any given level can in principle be reduced to explanations at a lower level ⓘ that physics occupies the most fundamental level in the hierarchy of sciences ⓘ that there is a stratified order of entities from elementary particles up through complex social systems ⓘ
collaborationType	joint development of a systematic account of reduction and unity of science ⓘ
field	philosophy of science ⓘ
historicalContext	20th-century analytic philosophy of science ⓘ
influenceOn	debates about reductionism in philosophy of science ⓘ discussions of the unity of science ⓘ later work on inter-theoretic reduction ⓘ
knownFor	arguing that higher-level phenomena are grounded in more fundamental physical processes ⓘ articulating a hierarchical model of the sciences ⓘ defending a reductionist vision of scientific explanation ⓘ
notableWork	"The Unity of Science as a Working Hypothesis" by Oppenheim and Putnam ⓘ surface form: Unity of Science as a Working Hypothesis
position	inter-theoretic reductionism ⓘ physicalism ⓘ that all empirical phenomena are ultimately explainable in terms of physical entities and laws ⓘ unity of science ⓘ
stanceOnEmergence	skeptical of strong emergence that is irreducible to physical processes ⓘ
stanceOnMethodology	support a program of unifying scientific theories via reduction ⓘ
theory	layered or hierarchical model of scientific levels ⓘ reductionism about inter-theoretic relations ⓘ
viewOnExplanation	scientific explanations at higher levels should in principle be reducible to explanations at lower, more fundamental levels ⓘ
viewOnSciences	higher-level sciences depend on lower-level sciences for their ultimate explanatory grounding ⓘ the sciences form a hierarchy of levels from more complex to more fundamental ⓘ

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unity of science → hasProponent → Oppenheim and Putnam ⓘ