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Discovering complexity : decomposition and localization as strategies in scientific research
| 責任表示 | William Bechtel and Robert C. Richardson |
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| データ種別 | 図書 |
| 出版情報 | Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press , c1993 |
| 本文言語 | 英語 |
| 大きさ | xiv, 286 p. : ill. ; 25 cm |
| 概要 | 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, ge...etics, 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. 続きを見る |
所蔵情報
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中央図 自動書庫 | 407/B 31/1 | 1993 |
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理系図1F 開架 | 407/B 4 | 1993 |
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068252195007962 |
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書誌詳細
| 一般注記 | Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-280) and index |
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| 著者標目 | *Bechtel, William Richardson, Robert C., 1949- |
| 件 名 | LCSH:Research -- Methodology
全ての件名で検索
LCSH:Decomposition method LCSH:Localization theory LCSH:Complexity (Philosophy) |
| 分 類 | LCC:Q180.55.M4 DC20:507/.2 |
| 書誌ID | 1000033583 |
| ISBN | 0691087628 |
| NCID | BA19894156 |
| 巻冊次 | ISBN:0691087628 |
| 登録日 | 2009.09.10 |
| 更新日 | 2009.09.17 |