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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unity of science canonical 2
The Unity of Science 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf philosophical doctrine
position in philosophy of science
aimsAt a single, coherent, comprehensive scientific worldview
concerns coherence of scientific knowledge
integration of scientific theories
possibility of reducing higher-level sciences to lower-level sciences
relations between different scientific disciplines
criticizedBy John Dupré
Nancy Cartwright
Philip Kitcher
field epistemology
metaphysics
philosophy of science
hasAlternativeName doctrine of the unity of science
unified science
unity of science thesis
hasAspect methodological unity of science
ontological unity of science
pragmatic unity of science
reductionist unity of science
theoretical unity of science
hasDebate monism versus pluralism in science
reductionism versus antireductionism
hasHistoricalMovement Vienna Circle
logical positivism
hasHistoricalProject International Encyclopedia of Unified Science
hasProponent Carl Hempel
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
all scientific disciplines are fundamentally interconnected
there is an underlying unity to scientific knowledge
notableWork Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
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
scientific pluralism
relatedConcept consilience
intertheoretic reduction
logical empiricism
neopositivism
physicalism
reductionism
scientific explanation
scientific monism
timePeriod 20th century

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Otto Neurath notableIdea unity of science
The Logical Structure of the World relatedWork unity of science
this entity surface form: The Unity of Science