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Unsimple Truths: Science, Complexity, and Policy Sandra D. Mitchell
Unsimple Truths: Science, Complexity, and Policy
Sandra D. Mitchell
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.
176 pages, 7 halftones
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | November 15, 2009 |
| ISBN13 | 9780226532622 |
| Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
| Pages | 160 |
| Dimensions | 149 × 226 × 13 mm · 324 g |