Factual <em>states of affairs</em> – uniting diverging philosophical orientations and setting them apart: illuminating the impact of a non-reductionist ontology

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Factual states of affairs – uniting diverging philosophical orientations and setting them apart: illuminating the impact of a non-reductionist ontology

Published in: South African Journal of Philosophy
Volume 33 , issue 2 , 2014 , pages: 235–245
DOI: 10.1080/02580136.2014.912470
Author(s): Daniël F.M. Strauss School of Philosophy, South Africa
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Abstract

‘Facts have no independent existence in science, or in any human endeavor; theories grant differing weights, values, and descriptions, even to the most empirical and undeniable of observations’ (Gould 2002: p. 759).
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