The Disorder of Things: Metaphysical Foundations of the Disunity of Science

Harvard University Press (1993)
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With this manifesto, John Dupré systematically attacks the ideal of scientific unity by showing how its underlying assumptions are at odds with the central conclusions of science itself.

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