Liu, Chuang (2000) Coordination of Space and Unity of Science. UNSPECIFIED. (Unpublished)
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Abstract
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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| Keywords: | geometry, unification, disunity of science, foundationalism, pluralism, reduction | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Explanation General Issues > Philosophers of Science General Issues > Reductionism/Holism |
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| Depositing User: | Chuang Liu | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 26 Aug 2001 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 15:10 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 388 | ||||||
| Public Domain: | No | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Explanation General Issues > Philosophers of Science General Issues > Reductionism/Holism |
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| Date: | November 2000 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/388 |
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