Discovering Complexity Decomposition and Localization As Strategies in Scientific Research

Bechtel, William und Robert C. Richardson:

ISBN 10: 0691087628 ISBN 13: 9780691087627

Editorial: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1993

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XIV, 286 Pages ; With Figures Original Leineneinband mit Bibliotheksr�ckenschild. Etwas verschossen. Innen mit Bibliotheksstempeln, Legende, sauberer, sehr guter Zustand. Englische Sprache - Original Cloth-Binding with Library label. Little faded. Inside with Library stamps, Legend, in very good condition. English Language B03-03-05F|S6 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 595.

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Discovering Complexity Decomposition and Localization As Strategies in Scientific Research

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Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press

Fecha de publicaci�n

1993

Idioma

Ingl�s

ISBN 10

0691087628

ISBN 13

9780691087627

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24 x 16 cm

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Gut

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Discovering Complexity offers an account of scientific discovery that aims to be psychologically and historically realistic. Drawing on cases from a number of life sciences, including biochemistry, genetics, and neuroscience, this study of the dynamics of theory development focuses on two psychological heuristics, decomposition and localization. William Bechtel and Robert Richardson identify a number of "choice-points" that scientists confront in developing mechanistic explanations and describe how different choices result in divergent explanatory models. According to Bechtel and Richardson's analysis, decomposition is the attempt to differentiate components of a system, while localization assigns responsibility for specific tasks to these components. The book examines in detail the usefulness of these heuristics in biological science, but also discusses their fallibility: underlying their use is the sometimes false assumption that nature is significantly decomposable and hierarchical. When a system does not appear to be decomposable, a classic response has been to abandon the pursuit of mechanistic explanation and to settle for accurate descriptions of phenomena. More recently, with advances in mathematical modeling, an alternative has emerged. Described in this work is an approach to explanation that appeals to interactions between simple components, rather than assigning functions to individual components.

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Discovering Complexity offers an account of scientific discovery that aims to be psychologically and historically realistic. Drawing on cases from a number of life sciences, including biochemistry, genetics, and neuroscience, this study of the dynamics of theory development focuses on two psychological heuristics, decomposition and localization. William Bechtel and Robert Richardson identify a number of "choice-points" that scientists confront in developing mechanistic explanations and describe how different choices result in divergent explanatory models. According to Bechtel and Richardson's analysis, decomposition is the attempt to differentiate components of a system, while localization assigns responsibility for specific tasks to these components. The book examines in detail the usefulness of these heuristics in biological science, but also discusses their fallibility: underlying their use is the sometimes false assumption that nature is significantly decomposable and hierarchical. When a system does not appear to be decomposable, a classic response has been to abandon the pursuit of mechanistic explanation and to settle for accurate descriptions of phenomena. More recently, with advances in mathematical modeling, an alternative has emerged. Described in this work is an approach to explanation that appeals to interactions between simple components, rather than assigning functions to individual components.

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