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Knowledge pyramids or rosettes?

Mario Bunge

pp. 167-171

Abstract

One says that biology is based on chemistry, which in turn is based on physics. This statement sounds plausible to most of us, but admittedly the expression "is based on" is not clear. Let us try to elucidate it.

Publication details

Published in:

Bunge Mario (2012) Evaluating philosophies. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 167-171

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4408-0_18

Full citation:

Bunge Mario (2012) Knowledge pyramids or rosettes?, In: Evaluating philosophies, Dordrecht, Springer, 167–171.