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Unification

what is it, how do we reach and why do we want it?

Erik Weber

pp. 479-499

Abstract

This article has three aims. The first is to give a partial explication of the concept of unification. My explication will be partial because I confine myself to unification of particular events, because I do not consider events of a quantitative nature, and discuss only deductive cases. The second aim is to analyze how unification can be reached. My third aim is to show that unification is an intellectual benefit. Instead of being an intellectual benefit unification could be an intellectual harm, i.e., a state of mind we should try to avoid by all means. By calling unification an intellectual benefit, we claim that this form of understanding has an intrinsic value for us. I argue that unification really has this alleged intrinsic value.

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Published in:

(1999) Synthese 118 (3).

Pages: 479-499

DOI: 10.1023/A:1005134205471

Full citation:

Weber Erik (1999) „Unification: what is it, how do we reach and why do we want it?“. Synthese 118 (3), 479–499.