Discovering Complexity - Decomposition and Localization as Strategies in Scientific Research

About the author

William Bechtel is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is the author of Mental Mechanisms: Philosophical Perspectives on Cognitive Neuroscience and other books.Robert C. Richardson is Charles Phelps Taft Professor of Philosophy and a University Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Cincinnati, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is the author of Evolutionary Psychology as Maladapted Psychology (MIT Press, 2007).

Product details

• Authors: William Bechtel, William (Professor of Philosophy Bechtel, Bechtel William, Robert C. Richardson, Robert C. (University of Cincinnati) Richardson, Richardson Robert C.
• Publisher: Random House N.Y.
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.08.2010
• EAN: 9780262514736
• ISBN: 978-0-262-51473-6
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 476 g
• Illustrations: 33 b&w illus.
• Series: Discovering Complexity
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, SCIENCE / Research & Methodology, Philosophy of Science, Bio-ethics, Impact of science and technology on society, Scientific research