Biological complexity and integrative pluralism

Author(s)

• Mitchell, Sandra D.

Bibliographic Information

Biological complexity and integrative pluralism

Sandra D. Mitchell

（Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology）

Cambridge University Press, 2003

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Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
• Part I. Complexity: 2. Constitutive complexity
• 3. Dynamic complexity
• 4. Evolved diversity
• Part II. Pluralism: 5. Laws
• 6. Pluralism or disunity.

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Details

• NCID: BA64611325
• ISBN:
  • 0521817536
  • 9780521520799
• LCCN: 2002038843
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 244 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 570
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Biological systems
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA24044106