unity of science

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Unity of science is a philosophical doctrine holding that all scientific disciplines are fundamentally interconnected and can, in principle, be integrated into a single coherent framework.

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instanceOf philosophical doctrine ⓘ
position in philosophy of science ⓘ
aimsAt a single, coherent, comprehensive scientific worldview ⓘ
concerns coherence of scientific knowledge ⓘ
integration of scientific theories ⓘ
possibility of reducing higher-level sciences to lower-level sciences ⓘ
relations between different scientific disciplines ⓘ
criticizedBy John Dupré ⓘ
Nancy Cartwright ⓘ
Philip Kitcher ⓘ
field epistemology ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
hasAlternativeName doctrine of the unity of science ⓘ
unified science ⓘ
unity of science thesis ⓘ
hasAspect methodological unity of science ⓘ
ontological unity of science ⓘ
pragmatic unity of science ⓘ
reductionist unity of science ⓘ
theoretical unity of science ⓘ
hasDebate monism versus pluralism in science ⓘ
reductionism versus antireductionism ⓘ
hasHistoricalMovement Vienna Circle ⓘ
logical positivism ⓘ
hasHistoricalProject International Encyclopedia of Unified Science ⓘ
hasProponent Carl Gustav Hempel ⓘ
linked to: Carl Hempel

Edward O. Wilson ⓘ
Ernest Nagel ⓘ
Oppenheim and Putnam ⓘ
Otto Neurath ⓘ
Rudolf Carnap ⓘ
influencedBy Enlightenment ideals of systematic knowledge ⓘ
mainClaim all sciences can in principle be integrated into a single coherent framework ⓘ
all scientific disciplines are fundamentally interconnected ⓘ
there is an underlying unity to scientific knowledge ⓘ
notableWork "Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge" by Edward O. Wilson ⓘ
"The Structure of Science" by Ernest Nagel ⓘ
"The Unity of Science as a Working Hypothesis" by Oppenheim and Putnam ⓘ
opposedTo disunity of science ⓘ
scientific pluralism ⓘ
relatedConcept consilience ⓘ
intertheoretic reduction ⓘ
logical empiricism ⓘ
neopositivism ⓘ
physicalism ⓘ
reductionism ⓘ
scientific explanation ⓘ
scientific monism ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ

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Otto Neurath → notableIdea → unity of science ⓘ
The Logical Structure of the World → relatedWork → The Unity of Science ⓘ
linked to: unity of science