Biological Complexity and Integrative Pluralism

Mitchell, Sandra D.

$41.99
$22.98

Adding to cart… The item has been added
Author
Mitchell, Sandra D.
Publish Date
200309
Book Type
Paperback
Number of Pages
244
Publisher Name
54
ISBN-10
0521520797
ISBN-13
9780521520799
citemno
102700
SKU
9780521520799

Description

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 science