Special Sciences and the Unity of Science

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pombo, Olga (Editor), Torres, Juan Manuel (Editor), Symons, John (Editor), Rahman, Shahid (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Series: Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science ; 24
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Logic.; Philosophy and science.; Physics.; Philosophy of Science.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.

Science is a dynamic process in which the assimilation of new phenomena, perspectives, and hypotheses into the scientific corpus takes place slowly. The apparent disunity of the sciences is the unavoidable consequence of this gradual integration process. Some thinkers label this dynamical circumstan...