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Biological Complexity and Integrative Pluralism (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology) Book

This fine collection of essays by a leading philosopher of science presents a defense 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 book will be of interest to students and professionals in the philosophy of scienceRead More

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    This collection of essays by a leading philosopher of science defends integrative pluralism as the best description for today's complexity of scientific inquiry. The tendency of some scientists to reduce all theories to a few fundamental laws of the most basic particles that populate our universe is not appropriate for the biological sciences, which study multi-component, multi-level, evolved complex systems. This book will be of interest to students and professionals in the philosophy of science.

  • 0521520797
  • 9780521520799
  • Sandra D. Mitchell
  • 15 September 2003
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 260
  • illustrated edition
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