Unsimple Truths (Paperback, New)

In "Unsimple Truths", Sandra D. Mitchell 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. She advocates, instead, for a new understanding that represents the rich, variegated, interdependent fabric of many levels and kinds of explanation that are integrated with one another to ground effective prediction and action. Mitchell draws from diverse fields including psychiatry, social insect biology, and studies of climate change to defend "integrative pluralism" - a theory of scientific practices that makes sense of how many natural and social sciences represent the multilevel, multicomponent, dynamic structures they study. Ultimately "Unsimple Truths" argues that the very idea of what should count as legitimate science itself should change.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2012
First published:	December 2012
Authors:	Sandra D. Mitchell
Dimensions:	216 x 139 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	160
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-00662-8
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science Promotions
LSN:	0-226-00662-X
Barcode:	9780226006628

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