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Publication Date: 2006-01-01
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Liu, C., & García Duque, C. E. (2006). -. Discusiones Filosóficas, 7(10), 17–32. Retrieved from https://revistasojs.ucaldas.edu.co/index.php/discusionesfilosoficas/article/view/576
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In this essay, I explore a metaphor in geometry for the debate between the unity and the disunity of science, namely, the possibility of putting a global coordinate system (or a chart) on a manifold. I explain why the former is a good metaphor that shows what it means (and takes in principle) for science to be unified. I then go through some of the existing literature on the unity/disunity debate and show how the metaphor sheds light on some of the views and arguments.
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FODOR, J. (1974) “Special Sciences (Or: the Disunity of Science as a Working Hypothesis)”. Synthese 28: 97-115.
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LIU, C. (1999) “Explaining the Emergence of Cooperative Phenomena”. Philosophy of Science 66(S): 92-106
MARGENAU, H. A. (1941) “Foundations of the Unity of Science”. Philosophical Review 50: 431-438.
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SCHEIBE, E. (1997 & 1999) Die Reduktion physikalischer Theorien: Ein Beitrag zur Einheit der Physik. Teilen I & II. Berlin, Springer-Verlag.
