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MCMP – Philosophy of ScienceTheory Reduction in Physics: A Model-Based, Dynamical Systems ApproachJoshua Rosaler (Pittsburgh) gives a talk at the MCMP conference "Reduction and Emergence in the Sciences" (14-16 November, 2013) titled "Theory Reduction in Physics: A Model-Based, Dynamical Systems Approach". Abstract: I elaborate an approach to reduction in physics that is distinct from the Nagelian and limit-based approaches that have been discussed most widely in the philosophical literature. This approach, which I call ‘Dynamical Systems (DS) Reduction’, is intended to apply to the reduction of theories whose models can be formulated as dynamical systems models. Importantly, this is the case with most physical theories, including classical mechanics, classical field theory, quantum mechanics and...2014-01-2833 min