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Reduction and Ontological Unification: Reply to McCauley

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Robert L. Causey
Robert L. Causey*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy The University of Texas at Austin
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 48 , Issue 2 , June 1981 , pp. 228 - 231
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Copyright © 1981 by the Philosophy of Science Association

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I wish to thank Dr. McCauley for the extensive study and careful attention he has devoted to my work on reduction and unification. I also thank the Editor-in-Chief for this opportunity to express my position in this reply.

References

Causey, R. L. (1977), Unity of Science. Dordrecht and Boston: D. Reidel.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
McCauley, R. N. (1981), “Hypothetical Identities and Ontological Economizing: Comments on Causey's Program for the Unity of Science”, Philosophy of Science, this issue.CrossRefGoogle Scholar