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在物理学中,有两种形式的功能缩小主义
1Department of Philosophy, University of Bristol, Cotham House, Bristol, BS6 6JL UK.
概括
函数缩小论解释了如何使用较低层次理论来恢复更高层次的科学理论. 本文开发了两个新版本,语法和语义功能缩小主义,以推进这种方法.
科学领域:
- 科学哲学的科学哲学
- 理论物理 理论物理
- 形而上学的形而上学.
背景情况:
- 功能缩小主义通过使用较低层次理论来恢复上层层次理论行为来定义理论间的缩小.
- 这种方法,以热力学和统计力学通过来联系为例,提供了独特的优势,但缺乏关注.
- 现有的科学缩小框架并不完全捕捉到功能缩小主义的细微差别.
研究的目的:
- 在科学实践中,特别是在物理学中,澄清功能缩小主义的概念.
- 将功能缩小主义与其他缩小主义策略和本体学考量相比定位.
- 开发和分析两个新的版本:语法功能缩小主义和语义功能缩小主义.
主要方法:
- 详细阐述大卫·易斯对语法功能缩小主义的解释,整合语法理论观点和功能角色的逻辑表征.
- 采用语义功能缩小主义的语义方法,通过模型中的数学角色和结构主义的缩小来定义功能角色.
- 将这些框架应用于物理中的实际例子,以证明它们的实用性.
主要成果:
- 引入语法功能缩小主义,在易斯的工作基础上,将其嵌入纳格尔缩小主义中.
- 语义功能缩小主义的发展,强调数学角色和结构主义观点.
- 展示这些精细的方法如何提高功能缩小主义的理解和应用.
结论:
- 开发的框架提供了功能缩小主义的更全面和实际解释.
- 这项工作旨在将功能缩小论作为科学中完全发达和有影响力的缩小理论.
- 这项研究突出了功能缩小论的潜力,可以跨越不同层次的科学解释,并为存在论辩论提供信息.
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