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We maintain that complicated relations between physical theories (“PT” s for short) can be built up from two basic relations, namely restrictions and embeddings. In this paper we shall describe these two relations more precisely and indicate how they may be applied to analyze complex situations.
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Ludwig, G. (1984). Restriction and Embedding. In: Balzer, W., Pearce, D.A., Schmidt, HJ. (eds) Reduction in Science. Synthese Library, vol 175. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6454-9_3
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