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STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
卷 103, 期 -, 页码 29-38出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2023.10.005
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John G. Kemeny; Paul Oppenheim; Intertheoretical reduction; Explanation; Systematization; Scientific progress
This paper elucidates the concept of systematization and provides a more solid understanding of the structure of the intertheoretical reduction approach proposed by Kemeny and Oppenheim in 1956 by revisiting Oppenheim's early writings.
In 1956, John G. Kemeny and Paul Oppenheim proposed an approach to intertheoretical reduction as an alternative to that of Ernest Nagel. However, they neglected to provide a clear definition of its basic concept of systematization. After decades of languishing in the shadows, new interest in the KO approach is emerging. Nevertheless, there are still misunderstandings regarding this basic concept. The present paper elucidates this concept by returning to Oppenheim's hitherto little-noticed publications from the 1920s and 1930s, which Kemeny and Oppenheim obviously used as guidance in 1956. Reappraising Oppenheim's early writings delivers two significant payoffs: new clarity in understanding the concept of systematization as well as a more solid grasp of the structure of this approach as a distinctive combination of explanation and systematization.
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