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Unsimple Truths: Science, Complexity, and Policy
Sandra D. Mitchell
Unsimple Truths: Science, Complexity, and Policy
Sandra D. Mitchell
The 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.
160 pages, 7 halftones
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | December 21, 2012 |
ISBN13 | 9780226006628 |
Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 160 |
Dimensions | 139 × 216 × 12 mm · 222 g |
Language | English |
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