Reductive Explanation in the Biological Sciences

• Main Author: Kaiser, Marie I. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Series: History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences,
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Philosophy and science.; Philosophy of Science.

This book develops a philosophical account that reveals the major characteristics that make an explanation in the life sciences reductive and distinguish them from non-reductive explanations. Understanding what reductive explanations are enables one to assess the conditions under which reductive exp...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Meta-philosophical Preliminaries
• Chapter 3 Drawing Lessons from the Previous Debate
• Chapter 4 Two Perspectives on Explanatory Reduction
• Chapter 5 A Closer Look at Biological Explanations
• Chapter 6 The Ontic Account of Explanatory Reduction
• Chapter 7 Conclusion
• References.