unity of science
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Unity of science is a philosophical doctrine holding that all scientific disciplines are fundamentally interconnected and can, in principle, be integrated into a single coherent framework.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| unity of science canonical | 2 |
| The Unity of Science | 1 |
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Target entity: unity of science Context triple: [Otto Neurath, notableIdea, unity of science]
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Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge is a 1998 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that argues for the unification of the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities into a single, coherent framework of knowledge.
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History of the Inductive Sciences
History of the Inductive Sciences is William Whewell’s comprehensive 19th-century survey of the development of scientific knowledge and methods from antiquity to his own time.
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The Logic of Scientific Discovery
The Logic of Scientific Discovery is Karl Popper’s foundational philosophical work that introduces falsifiability as the key criterion distinguishing scientific theories from non-scientific ones.
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Bergsonianism
Bergsonianism is a philosophical movement based on Henri Bergson’s ideas about intuition, duration, and creative evolution, which significantly influenced thinkers such as Georges Sorel.
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Enlightenment science
Enlightenment science was an 18th-century intellectual movement that applied reason, empirical observation, and experimental methods to understand and systematically explain the natural world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: unity of science Target entity description: Unity of science is a philosophical doctrine holding that all scientific disciplines are fundamentally interconnected and can, in principle, be integrated into a single coherent framework.
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A.
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge is a 1998 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that argues for the unification of the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities into a single, coherent framework of knowledge.
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B.
History of the Inductive Sciences
History of the Inductive Sciences is William Whewell’s comprehensive 19th-century survey of the development of scientific knowledge and methods from antiquity to his own time.
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C.
The Logic of Scientific Discovery
The Logic of Scientific Discovery is Karl Popper’s foundational philosophical work that introduces falsifiability as the key criterion distinguishing scientific theories from non-scientific ones.
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D.
Bergsonianism
Bergsonianism is a philosophical movement based on Henri Bergson’s ideas about intuition, duration, and creative evolution, which significantly influenced thinkers such as Georges Sorel.
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E.
Enlightenment science
Enlightenment science was an 18th-century intellectual movement that applied reason, empirical observation, and experimental methods to understand and systematically explain the natural world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
philosophical doctrine
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position in philosophy of science ⓘ |
| aimsAt | a single, coherent, comprehensive scientific worldview ⓘ |
| concerns |
coherence of scientific knowledge
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integration of scientific theories ⓘ possibility of reducing higher-level sciences to lower-level sciences ⓘ relations between different scientific disciplines ⓘ |
| criticizedBy |
John Dupré
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Nancy Cartwright ⓘ Philip Kitcher ⓘ |
| field |
epistemology
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metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
doctrine of the unity of science
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unified science ⓘ unity of science thesis ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
methodological unity of science
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ontological unity of science ⓘ pragmatic unity of science ⓘ reductionist unity of science ⓘ theoretical unity of science ⓘ |
| hasDebate |
monism versus pluralism in science
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reductionism versus antireductionism ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalMovement |
Vienna Circle
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logical positivism ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalProject | International Encyclopedia of Unified Science ⓘ |
| hasProponent |
Carl Hempel
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surface form:
Carl Gustav Hempel
Edward O. Wilson ⓘ Ernest Nagel ⓘ Oppenheim and Putnam ⓘ Otto Neurath ⓘ Rudolf Carnap ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Enlightenment ideals of systematic knowledge ⓘ |
| mainClaim |
all sciences can in principle be integrated into a single coherent framework
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all scientific disciplines are fundamentally interconnected ⓘ there is an underlying unity to scientific knowledge ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
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surface form:
"Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge" by Edward O. Wilson
"The Structure of Science" by Ernest Nagel ⓘ "The Unity of Science as a Working Hypothesis" by Oppenheim and Putnam ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
disunity of science
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scientific pluralism ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
consilience
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intertheoretic reduction ⓘ logical empiricism ⓘ neopositivism ⓘ physicalism ⓘ reductionism ⓘ scientific explanation ⓘ scientific monism ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
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