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work_rn2h4wpnyvgaxddmgdzz24ersy	Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther	Schaffner's Model of Theory Reduction: Critique and Reconstruction*	2009	24	.pdf	application/pdf	10440	821	50	Schaffner's model of theory reduction has played an important role in philosophy of The general model of theory reduction presented by Kenneth Schaffner (1967, 1969, 1976, 1993a, 1993b) has played an important Section 5 assesses the relevance of a reconstructed mathematical account of theory reduction for contemporary theoretical biology. model of explanation and Nagel's account of theory reduction. explicit notion of a corrected reduced theory and the reduction functions the set K of [2]), thereby satisfying closeness constraints on theory correction, it will not be possible to articulate simple, bijective reduction 5. Reconstructing Schaffner's Model: Mathematical Reduction in Contemporary Theoretical Biology? is an internal tension in Schaffner's model of theory reduction. Schaffner's model of theory reduction fails, even on its own terms. SCHAFFNER'S MODEL OF THEORY REDUCTION 141 SCHAFFNER'S MODEL OF THEORY REDUCTION 141 SCHAFFNER'S MODEL OF THEORY REDUCTION 141 SCHAFFNER'S MODEL OF THEORY REDUCTION 141 SCHAFFNER'S MODEL OF THEORY REDUCTION 141	./cache/work_rn2h4wpnyvgaxddmgdzz24ersy.pdf	./txt/work_rn2h4wpnyvgaxddmgdzz24ersy.txt