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.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
philosophical doctrine
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position in philosophy of science → |
| aimsAt |
a single, coherent, comprehensive scientific worldview
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| 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
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| hasProponent |
Carl Gustav Hempel
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Edward O. Wilson → Ernest Nagel → Oppenheim and Putnam → Otto Neurath → Rudolf Carnap → |
| influencedBy |
Enlightenment ideals of systematic knowledge
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| 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" by Edward O. Wilson
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"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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Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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The Scientific Conception of the World: The Vienna Circle
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mainTheme |
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Otto Neurath
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notableIdea |
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The Logical Structure of the World
("The Unity of Science")
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relatedWork |