Why pursue unification?: a social-epistemological puzzle

• Harp, Randall ^[1] ; Khalifa, Kareem ^[2]
  1. [1] University of Vermont

     University of Vermont

     City of Burlington, Estados Unidos

     
  2. [2] Middlebury College

     Middlebury College

     Town of Middlebury, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Theoria: an international journal for theory, history and foundations of science, ISSN 0495-4548, Vol. 30, Nº 3, 2015 (Ejemplar dedicado a: History and Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics), págs. 431-447
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Many have argued that unified theories ought to be pursued wherever possible. We deny this on the basis of social-epistemological and game-theoretic considerations. Consequently, those seeking a more ubiquitous role for unification must either attend to the scientific community’s social structure in greater detail than has been the case, and/or radically revise their conception of unification.