文章基本信息
- 标题：On the failure of reductionism in cosmology
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- 作者：Ćirković Milan M.
- 期刊名称：Theoria, Beograd
- 印刷版ISSN：0351-2274
- 出版年度：2008
- 卷号：51
- 期号：1
- 页码：19-29
- DOI：10.2298/THEO0801019C
- 出版社：Srpsko filozofsko društvo
- 摘要：
I consider several examples of failure of the reductionist approach to explanation in cosmology. I show that they form natural boundaries on this type of explanatory projects. Finally, some speculations regarding possible causes of so uneven success of reductionist explanations are given.
- 关键词：reductionism; philosophy of cosmology; arrow of time
