Biological Complexity and Integrative Pluralism

by Sandra D. Mitchell

Book Overview

This collection of essays by a leading philosopher of science defends integrative pluralism as the best description for today's complexity of scientific inquiry. The tendency of some scientists to reduce all theories to a few fundamental laws of the most basic particles that populate our universe is not appropriate for the biological sciences, which study multi-component, multi-level, evolved complex systems. This book will be of interest to students...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521520797
• ISBN13: 9780521520799
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"