Unsimple Truths: Science, Complexity, and Policy

Unsimple Truths: Science, Complexity, and Policy

by Sandra Mitchell (Author)

Synopsis

Argues that the long-standing scientific and philosophical deference to reductive explanations founded on simple universal laws, linear causal models, and predict-and-act strategies fails to accommodate the kinds of knowledge that many contemporary sciences are providing about the world.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 176
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 24 Nov 2009

ISBN 10: 0226532623
ISBN 13: 9780226532622