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(1969) Proceedings of the Boston colloquium for the philosophy of science 1966/1968, Dordrecht, Springer.
The idea of the unity of science is the historically very important idea of total rationality and objectivity.This idea is a Utopian dream, and a rather dangerous one.The Popperian view of rationality as a goal directed, i.e., as problem-solving, method of trial and error is a better view or rationality .Solutions to problems offer the element of unification, and their criticisms offer the element of diversification.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-010-3378-7_17
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Agassi, J. (1969)., Unity and diversity in science, in R. S. Cohen & M. W. Wartofsky (eds.), Proceedings of the Boston colloquium for the philosophy of science 1966/1968, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 463-522.
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