Unsimple Truths

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.

• | By (Author): Sandra D. Mitchell (Author)
• | Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
• | Publication Date: Dec 21, 2012
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 160 pages
• | Language: NULL
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 022600662X
• | ISBN-13: 9780226006628