Open AccessOn the failure of reductionism in cosmology
Author(s) -
Milan M. Ćirković
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
theoria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-081X
pISSN - 0351-2274
DOI - 10.2298/theo0801019c
Subject(s) - reductionism , cosmology , epistemology , natural (archaeology) , theoretical physics , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , history , archaeology
I consider several examples of failure of the reductionist approach to explanation in cosmology. I show that they form natural boundaries on this type of explanatory projects. Finally, some speculations regarding possible causes of so uneven success of reductionist explanations are given