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Special sciences

Known as: Special science 
Special sciences are those sciences other than fundamental physics, that are presumed to be reducible to fundamental physics, at least in principle… 
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2018
2018
Helmholtz and Philosophy
Editorial Board Annalisa Coliva, University of Modena and UC Irvine Greg Frost-Arnold, Hobart and William Smith Colleges Henry… 
2016
2016
Molasses Wastewater Treatment by Microbial FuelCell with MnO 2 -Modified Cathode
An experimental system consisting of a dual chamber microbial fuel cell was constructed using simulated molasses wastewater as… 
2013
2013
A fusion model of SWT, QGA and BP neural network for wireless network traffic prediction
In this paper a fusion model by combining the Stationary Wavelet Transform (SWT), Quantum Genetic Algorithm (QGA) and Back… 
2011
2011
Integrating mechanist 1 and nomological machine ontologies to make sense of what- how-that causal evidence 2
Consideration of contemporary practice suggests that scientists use a wide range of evidence in support of causal claims and… 
2009
2009
The (social) construction of the world – at the crossroads of Christianity and Humanism
Abstract In early modem philosophy the motive of logical creation emerged in reaction to the Greek-Medieval legacy of a realistic… 
2009
2009
Psycho-neural reduction through functional sub-types
The paper argues that a functional reduction of ordinary psychology to neuropsychology is possible by means of constructing fine… 
2008
2008
Causal exclusion and evolved emergent properties
Emergent properties are intended to be genuine, natural higher level causally efficacious properties irreducible to physical ones… 
2006
2006
Philosophy of causation: blind alleys exposed; promising directions highlighted
Contemporary philosophical work on causation is a tangled mess of disparate aims, approaches, and accounts. Best to cut through… 
2003
2003
Hegel in a Strange Costume: Reconsidering Normative Science for Conceptual Structures Research
Charles Peirce was influenced by German philosophy to conceive logic as one of a carefully related set of theoretical disciplines… 
1999
1999
The Dogma of Isomorphism: A Case Study from Speech Perception
In this paper I provide a metatheoretical analysis of speech perception research. I argue that the central turning point in the… 
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