Unsimple Truths - Science, Complexity, and Policy

Informationen zum Autor Sandra Mitchell is professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh and is the author of Biological Complexity and Integrative Pluralism. Klappentext The author argues that the long-standing scientific and philosophical deference to reductive explanations founded on simple universal laws, linear causal models, and predict-and-act strategies fails to accommodate the kinds of knowledge that many contemporary sciences are providing about the world. Zusammenfassung The author argues that the long-standing scientific and philosophical deference to reductive explanations founded on simple universal laws! linear causal models! and predict-and-act strategies fails to accommodate the kinds of knowledge that many contemporary sciences are providing about the world.

Product details

• Authors: Sandra D. Mitchell, MITCHELL SANDRA D, Mitchell Sandra D.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.12.2012
• EAN: 9780226006628
• ISBN: 978-0-226-00662-8
• No. of pages: 160
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science