The Levels of Scientific Disciplines

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It is the aim of this paper to develop and defend an interpretation of level of scientific discipline within the truth-maker framework. In particular, I exploit the mereological relation of proper parthood, which is integral to truth-maker semantics, in order to provide an account of scientific level.

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original Elgin, Samuel (forthcoming) "The Levels of Scientific Disciplines". Topoi ():1-13

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