Biological Complexity and Integrative Pluralism

Sandra D Mitchell author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:15th Sep '03

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

This hardback is available in another edition too:

Biological Complexity and Integrative Pluralism cover

These essays by a leading philosopher of science present a defence of integrative pluralism.

This fine collection of essays by a leading philosopher of science presents a defence of integrative pluralism as the best description for the complexity of scientific inquiry today. This book will be of interest to students and professionals in the philosophy of science.This fine collection of essays by a leading philosopher of science presents a defence 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 integrative pluralism is the most efficient way to understand the different and complex processes - historical and interactive - that generate biological phenomena. This book will be of interest to students and professionals in the philosophy of science.

ISBN: 9780521817530

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm

Weight: 520g

262 pages