This fine collection of essays by a leading philosopher of science presents a defence of integrative pluralism as the best description for the complexity of scientific inquiry today. The tendency of some scientists to unify science by reducing all theories to a few fundamental laws of the most basic particles that populate our universe is ill-suited to the biological sciences, which study multi-component, multi-level, evolved complex systems. This integrative pluralism is the most efficient way to understand the different ...
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This fine collection of essays by a leading philosopher of science presents a defence of integrative pluralism as the best description for the complexity of scientific inquiry today. The tendency of some scientists to unify science by reducing all theories to a few fundamental laws of the most basic particles that populate our universe is ill-suited to the biological sciences, which study multi-component, multi-level, evolved complex systems. This integrative pluralism is the most efficient way to understand the different and complex processes - historical and interactive - that generate biological phenomena. This book will be of interest to students and professionals in the philosophy of science.
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New. Print on demand Trade paperback (US). Contains: Line drawings, Tables. Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology . 14 b/w illus. 5 tables. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
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New. Trade paperback (US). Contains: Line drawings, Tables. Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology . 14 b/w illus. 5 tables. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
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New. Print on demand Contains: Line drawings, Tables. Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology . 14 b/w illus. 5 tables. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
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New. Contains: Line drawings, Tables. Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology . 14 b/w illus. 5 tables. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
