by Sandra Mitchell (Author)
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.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 176
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 24 Nov 2009
ISBN 10: 0226532623
ISBN 13: 9780226532622