Saatsi, J orcid.org/0000-0002-8440-8761 and Reutlinger, A (2018) Taking Reductionism to the Limit: How to Rebut the Antireductionist Argument from Infinite Limits. Philosophy of Science, 85 (3). pp. 455-482. ISSN 0031-8248
Abstract
This article analyzes the antireductionist argument from renormalization group explanations of universality and shows how it can be rebutted if one assumes that the explanation in question is captured by the counterfactual dependence account of explanation.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 by the Philosophy of Science Association. All rights reserved. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | reductionism; reduction; emergence; renormalization group explanation; universality; non-causal explanation; counterfactual account of explanation |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > School of Philosophy (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number John Templeton Foundation (US) Durham Emergence Project |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 09 Oct 2017 14:22 |
Last Modified: | 02 Feb 2022 18:41 |
Published Version: | https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | University of Chicago Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1086/697735 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:122190 |