Holism and Reductionism in Biology and Ecology : The Mutual Dependence of Higher and Lower Level Research Programmes /

Holism and reductionism are traditionally seen as incompatible views or approaches to nature. Here Looijen argues that they should rather be seen as mutually dependent and hence co-operating research programmes. He sheds some interesting new light on the emergence thesis, its relation to the reducti...

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Main Author:	Looijen, Rick C.
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2000.
Series:	Episteme, A Series in the Foundational, Methodological, Philosophical, Psychological, Sociological, and Political Aspects of the Sciences, Pure and Applied ; 23.
Subjects:	Philosophy (General) Biology > Philosophy. Science > Philosophy. Ecology. Plant ecology. Evolution (Biology) Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book