Unsimple truths (Record no. 3889)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780226006628 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 900MIT |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mitchell, Sandra D. |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Unsimple truths |
| Remainder of title | science, complexity, and policy |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | The University of Chicago Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2009 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | x, 149 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | The world is complex, but acknowledging its complexity requires an appreciation for the many roles context plays in shaping natural phenomena. In Unsimple Truths, Sandra 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. She advocates, instead, for a new understanding that represents the rich, variegated, interdependent fabric of many levels and kinds of explanation that are integrated with one another to ground effective prediction and action. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Complexity (Philosophy) |
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| UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dar es Salaam | UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dar es Salaam | 01/17/2025 | 900MIT | 003934 | 01/31/2025 | 01/17/2025 | Book |