Franklin, Alexander (2026) Against Rigour: In Favour of Informal Standards for Reduction in Philosophy of Physics. [Preprint]
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Many would regard rigour as self-evidently a virtue in philosophical theorising. By considering two vignettes from recent debates over reduction in philosophy of physics I'll argue that the pursuit of rigour has distracted philosophers from the questions that motivated their research: in both contexts I'll suggest that less rigorous analysis would better enable such questions to be satisfactorily answered. I'll claim that these case studies exemplify aspects of the broadside against rigour developed in Wilson (2021).
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| Keywords: | rigour, inter-theoretic relations, reduction, Nagel, Nickles | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Physics > Condensed Matter Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics General Issues > Reductionism/Holism |
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| Depositing User: | Dr Alexander Franklin | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 06 Mar 2026 13:24 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 06 Mar 2026 13:24 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 28449 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Physics > Condensed Matter Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics General Issues > Reductionism/Holism |
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| Date: | 5 March 2026 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/28449 |
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