Biological complexity and integrative pluralism / Sandra D. Mitchell.

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Mitchell, Sandra D, 1951-

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TextSeries: Cambridge studies in philosophy and biologyPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2003.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 244 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

051106120X
9780511061202
9780511802683
0511802684
9780511206030
0511206038

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Biological complexity and integrative pluralism.DDC classification:

570 22

LOC classification:

QH331 .M49 2003eb

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42.02

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Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. Constitutive Complexity -- 2.1. Compositional Complexity and the Superorganism Metaphor -- 3. Dynamic Complexity -- 3.1. The Evolution of Division of Labor -- 4. Evolved Diversity -- 4.1. Competing Units of Selection? A Case of Symbiosis -- 4.2. The Units of Behavior in Evolutionary Explanations -- 4.3. On Biological Functions.

Review: "This collection of essays by a leading philosopher of science presents a defense of integrative pluralism as the best description for the complexity of scientific inquiry today. The tendency of some scientists to unify science by reducing all theories to a few fundamental laws of the most basic particles that populate our universe is ill-suited to the biological sciences, which study multicomponent, multilevel, evolved complex systems.Summary: This integrative pluralism is the best way to understand the different and complex processes - historical and interactive - that generate biological phenomena." "This book will be of interest to students and professionals in the philosophy of science."--Jacket.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-237) and index.

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"This collection of essays by a leading philosopher of science presents a defense of integrative pluralism as the best description for the complexity of scientific inquiry today. The tendency of some scientists to unify science by reducing all theories to a few fundamental laws of the most basic particles that populate our universe is ill-suited to the biological sciences, which study multicomponent, multilevel, evolved complex systems.

This integrative pluralism is the best way to understand the different and complex processes - historical and interactive - that generate biological phenomena." "This book will be of interest to students and professionals in the philosophy of science."--Jacket.

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