caa a22 4500 465821715 CHVBK 20180323112137.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00047271 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00047271 van der Steen Wim Department of Biology, Free University, P.O. Box 7161, 1007 MC, Amsterdam aut Interdisciplinary integration in biology? An overview [Elektronische Daten] [Wim van der Steen] Philosophical theories about reduction and integration in science are at variance with what is happenign in science. A realistic approach to science show that possibilities for reduction and integration are limited. The classical ideal of a unified science has since long been rejected in philosophy. But the current emphasis on interdisciplinary integration in philosophy and in science shows that it survives in a different guise. It is necessary to redress the balance, specifically in biology. Methodological analysis shows that many of the grand interdisciplinary theories involving biology actually represent pseudo-integration covered up by inappropriate, overgeneral concepts. Integrationism is not bad, but it must be kept within reasonable bounds. If the present analysis is appropriate, there will have to be fundamental changes in research strategy both in science and in the philosophy of science. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990 Acta Biotheoretica Kluwer Academic Publishers 38/1(1990-03-01), 23-36 0001-5342 38:1<23 1990 38 10441 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00047271 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00047271 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- van der Steen Wim Department of Biology, Free University, P.O. Box 7161, 1007 MC, Amsterdam aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Acta Biotheoretica Kluwer Academic Publishers 38/1(1990-03-01), 23-36 0001-5342 38:1<23 1990 38 10441 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer