Ronald M. Yoshida: “Reduction in The Physical Sciences.” (Philosophy in Canada, Vol. 4) Dalhousie: Dalhousie University Press, 1977. 90 pages
- 1 March 1979
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review/Revue Canadienne de Philosophie
- Vol. 18 (1) , 81-99
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0012217300047910
Abstract
Yoshida's explicit aim is to defend the standard empiricist model of reduction-bydeduction (SERM hereafter) from recent attacks. Thus the treatment is limited in both scope and orientation. I shall argue that Yoshida does not succeed. The failure is both internal (on his own terms) and external (what is outside his scope).Keywords
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