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Biological Complexity and Integrative Pluralism
Sandra D. Mitchell
出版
Cambridge University Press
, 2003-09-15
主題
NATURE / Reference
Philosophy / General
Science / Life Sciences / Biology
Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General
ISBN
0521520797
9780521520799
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=K0oThAMx7dwC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
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