New Mechanism: Explanation, Emergence and Reduction (1st ed. 2024) (History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences #35)
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- Synopsis
- This open access book addresses the epistemological and ontological significance as well as the scope of new mechanism. In particular, this book addresses the issues of what is "new" about new mechanism, the epistemological and ontological reasons underlying the adoption of mechanistic instead of other modelling strategies as well as the possibility of mechanistic explanation to accommodate a non-trivial notion of emergence. Arguably, new mechanism has been particularly successful in making sense of scientific practice in the molecular life sciences. But what about other sciences? This book enlarges the context of analysis, addressing the issue of the putative compatibility between the current ways of conceiving new mechanism and actual scientific practices in quantum physics, chemistry, biochemistry, developmental biology and the cognitive sciences.
- Copyright:
- 2024
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- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9783031469176
- Related ISBNs:
- 9783031469169
- Publisher:
- Springer International Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 01/13/24
- Copyrighted By:
- The Editor
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Science, Computers and Internet, Philosophy
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- João L. Cordovil
- Edited by:
- Gil Santos
- Edited by:
- Davide Vecchi
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