Foregrounding and backgrounding: a new interpretation of “levels” in science

Abstract Talk of “levels” can be found throughout the sciences, from “levels of abstraction”, to “levels of organization”, to “levels of analysis” (among others). This has led to substantial disagreement regarding the ontology of levels, and whether the various senses of levels each have genuine val...
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Hochstein, Eric [verfasserIn]

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E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2022

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Levels of abstraction

Levels of organization

Levels of analysis

Levels of scale

Idealization

Abstraction

Foregrounding

Backgrounding

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© Springer Nature B.V. 2022

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Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of science - Berlin : Springer, 2011, 12(2022), 2 vom: 29. März

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volume:12 ; year:2022 ; number:2 ; day:29 ; month:03

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DOI / URN:

10.1007/s13194-022-00457-x

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SPR046622764

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