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178: 50:, concluding that the special sciences are not even in principle reducible to physics. As such Fodor has often been credited for having helped turn the tide against 38:—indeed, all sciences except fundamental physics—are special sciences. The status of the special sciences, and their relation to physics, is unresolved in the 219: 253: 212: 238: 205: 23: 75: 243: 185: 39: 193: 8: 93: 248: 140: 51: 144: 132: 99: 189: 232: 87: 81: 35: 69: 43: 121:"Special Sciences (Or: The disunity of science as a working hypothesis)" 136: 120: 84: – Philosophical view explaining systems in terms of smaller parts 63: 27: 177: 31: 90: – Relation between sets of properties or facts 66: – Unpredictable phenomenon in complex systems 230: 213: 96: – Term often associated with chemistry 102: – Theory in the philosophy of science 220: 206: 162:. Princeton University Press. p. 95. 72: – Philosophical belief in emergence 78: – Thesis in the philosophy of mind 157: 16:Sciences other than fundamental physics 231: 160:Physicalism, or something near enough 118: 172: 13: 14: 265: 176: 46:, for instance, has argued for 151: 112: 22:are those sciences other than 1: 106: 192:. You can help Knowledge by 7: 254:Philosophy of science stubs 57: 10: 270: 171: 52:reductionist physicalism 188:-related article is a 76:Multiple realizability 239:Philosophy of science 186:philosophy of science 158:Jaegwon, Kim (2005). 40:philosophy of science 94:The central science 24:fundamental physics 137:10.1007/BF00485230 119:Fodor, J. (1974). 201: 200: 261: 222: 215: 208: 180: 173: 164: 163: 155: 149: 148: 116: 100:Unity of science 26:. In this view, 20:Special sciences 269: 268: 264: 263: 262: 260: 259: 258: 229: 228: 227: 226: 169: 167: 156: 152: 117: 113: 109: 60: 48:strong autonomy 17: 12: 11: 5: 267: 257: 256: 251: 246: 241: 225: 224: 217: 210: 202: 199: 198: 181: 166: 165: 150: 110: 108: 105: 104: 103: 97: 91: 85: 79: 73: 67: 59: 56: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 266: 255: 252: 250: 247: 245: 242: 240: 237: 236: 234: 223: 218: 216: 211: 209: 204: 203: 197: 195: 191: 187: 182: 179: 175: 174: 170: 161: 154: 146: 142: 138: 134: 131:(2): 97–115. 130: 126: 122: 115: 111: 101: 98: 95: 92: 89: 88:Supervenience 86: 83: 80: 77: 74: 71: 68: 65: 62: 61: 55: 53: 49: 45: 41: 37: 33: 29: 25: 21: 244:Reductionism 194:expanding it 183: 168: 159: 153: 128: 124: 114: 82:Reductionism 47: 36:neuroscience 19: 18: 70:Emergentism 44:Jerry Fodor 233:Categories 107:References 249:Emergence 64:Emergence 28:chemistry 145:46979938 125:Synthese 58:See also 32:biology 143:  34:, and 184:This 141:S2CID 190:stub 133:doi 235:: 139:. 129:28 127:. 123:. 54:. 42:. 30:, 221:e 214:t 207:v 196:. 147:. 135::

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fundamental physics
chemistry
biology
neuroscience
philosophy of science
Jerry Fodor
reductionist physicalism
Emergence
Emergentism
Multiple realizability
Reductionism
Supervenience
The central science
Unity of science
"Special Sciences (Or: The disunity of science as a working hypothesis)"
doi
10.1007/BF00485230
S2CID
46979938
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philosophy of science
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expanding it
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Philosophy of science
Reductionism
Emergence

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