Biological Complexity and Integrative Pluralism

By:

Mitchell, Sandra D

Contributor(s):

Mitchell, Sandra D

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York Cambridge University 2003Description: 244pISBN:

0521520797

DDC classification:

N54.2 M692

Partial contents:

1 Introduction PART I: COMPLEXITY 2 Constitutive Complexity 2.1 Compositional Complexity and the Superorganism Metaphor 3 Dynamic Complexity 3.1 The Evolution of Division of Labor 4 Evolved Diversity 4.1 Competing Units of Selection? A Case of Symbiosis 4.2 The Units of Behavior in Evolutionary Explanations 4.3 On Biological Functions PART II: PLURALISM 5 Laws 5.1 Pragmatic Laws 5.2 Dimensions of Scientific Law 5.3 Contingent Generalizations: Lessons from Biology 5.4 Ceteris Paribus: An Inadequate Representation for Biological Contingency Pluralism or Disunity 6.1 Critics of Unity of Science 6.2 On Pluralism and Competition in Evolutionary Explanations 6.3 Integrative Pluralism

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