This highly interdisciplinary book, covering more than six fields,
from philosophy and sciences all the way up to the humanities and
with contributions from eminent authors, addresses the interplay
between content and context, reductionism and holism and their
meeting point: the notion of emergence. Much of today’s science
is reductionist (bottom-up); in other words, behaviour on one level
is explained by reducing it to components on a lower level.
Chemistry is reduced to atoms, ecosystems are explained in terms of
DNA and proteins, etc. This approach fails quickly since we can’t
cannot extrapolate to the properties of atoms solely from
Schrödinger's equation, nor figure out protein folding from an
amino acid sequence or obtain the phenotype of an organism from its
genotype. An alternative approach to this is holism (top-down).
Consider an ecosystem or an organism as a whole: seek patterns on
the same scale. Model a galaxy not as 400 billion-point masses
(stars) but as an object in its own right with its own properties
(spiral, elliptic). Or a hurricane as a structured form of moist
air and water vapour. Reductionism is largely about content,
whereas holistic models are more attuned to context. Reductionism
(content) and holism (context) are not opposing philosophies — in
fact, they work best in tandem. Join us on a journey to understand
the multifaceted dialectic concerning this duo and how they shape
the foundations of sciences and humanities, our thoughts and, the
very nature of reality itself.
General
Imprint: |
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
|
Country of origin: |
Switzerland |
Series: |
The Frontiers Collection |
Release date: |
April 2023 |
First published: |
2022 |
Editors: |
Shyam Wuppuluri
• Ian Stewart
|
Dimensions: |
235 x 155mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
876 |
Edition: |
1st ed. 2022 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-03-092194-1 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
3-03-092194-8 |
Barcode: |
9783030921941 |
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