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SUMMARY:The special science dilemma and how culture solves it - Marion God
 man (Department of History and Philosophy of Science)
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CONTACT:Christopher Clarke
DESCRIPTION:I argue that there is a tension between the claim that kinds i
 n the special sciences are multiply realized and the view that the natural
  kinds are prized by science since they enter into a variety of different 
 empirical generalizations. Nevertheless\, I show that this tension at leas
 t ceases in the case of 'cultural homologues' – such as specific ideolog
 ies\, religions and folk wisdom. I argue that the instances of such specia
 l science kinds have several projectable properties in common due to their
  shared history of reproduction\, and that due to the social learning invo
 lved we also have good reason to expect these kinds to be multiply realize
 d.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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