THE PROBLEM OF THE UNITY OF SCIENCE

THE PROBLEM OF THE UNITY OF SCIENCE
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the International Academy of the Philosophy of Science

Copenhagen-Aarhus, Denmark, 31 May - 3 June 2000

CONTENTS


FRONT MATTER	i
Part I. The General Framework
WHAT DOES 'THE UNITY OF SCIENCE' MEAN? EVANDRO AGAZZI	3
THE UNITY OF DISUNITY JAN FAYE	15
REASON AND UNIFICATION IN SCIENCE DUDLEY SHAPERE	29
L'UNITÉ DES SCIENCES: UNE DOUBLE TÂCHE POUR LA PHILOSOPHIE HERVÉ BARREAU	39
LA "POIÉSIS" ET L'UNITE DE LA RATIONALITÉ GERHARD HEINZMANN	53
Part II. Sciences of Nature and Sciences of Man
ON A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NATURAL SCIENCE AND THE INTERPRETIVE SCIENCES OF MAN FINN COLLIN	69
GENERAL REMARKS ON THE PROBLEM OF THE UNITY OF SCIENCE HANS FINK	81
NATURAL SCIENCES AND HUMAN SCIENCES G. M. PROSPERI	89
Part III. Overcoming Reductionism
COMPLEXITY, REDUCTIONISM AND THE UNITY OF SCIENCE JACQUES RICARD	97
INTERDISCIPLINARITÉ ET UNITÉ DE LA SCIENCE JEAN-PIERRE DESCLÉS	107
THE CONSILIENCE APPROACH TO THE UNITY OF SCIENCE BERNULF KANITSCHEIDER	125
Part IV. The Unity Within a Single Science
TWO UNIFICATION STRATEGIES IN SOCIAL SCIENCE: REDUCTION AND INTEGRATION MARIO BUNGE	141
THE PROBLEM OF UNITY IN A SINGLE FIELD OF SCIENCE ALBERTO CORDERO	153
THE UNITY OF PARTICLE PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY? THE CASE OF THE COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT JESÚS MOSTERÍN	165
WHAT IF QUANTUM MECHANICS IS UNIVERSALLY VALID? PETER MITTELSTAEDT	177
IS QUANTUM MECHANICS A UNIVERSAL THEORY? BERNARD D'ESPAGNAT	189
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