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Title
New Mechanism: Explanation, Emergence and Reduction
Subject
Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge
Philosophy of science
Machine learning
Philosophy of science
Machine learning
Description
This open access book addresses the epistemological and ontological significance as well as the scope of new mechanism. In particular, this book addresses the issues of what is "new" about new mechanism, the epistemological and ontological reasons underlying the adoption of mechanistic instead of other modelling strategies as well as the possibility of mechanistic explanation to accommodate a non-trivial notion of emergence. Arguably, new mechanism has been particularly successful in making sense of scientific practice in the molecular life sciences. But what about other sciences? This book enlarges the context of analysis, addressing the issue of the putative compatibility between the current ways of conceiving new mechanism and actual scientific practices in quantum physics, chemistry, biochemistry, developmental biology and the cognitive sciences.
Creator
Cordovil, João L. (editor)
Santos, Gil (editor)
Vecchi, Davide (editor)
Santos, Gil (editor)
Vecchi, Davide (editor)
Source
https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/133069
Publisher
Springer Nature
Date
2024
Contributor
Wahyuni
Rights
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Format
Pdf
Language
English
Type
Textbooks
Identifier
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-46917-6
10.1007/978-3-031-46917-6
ISBN
9783031469176, 9783031469169
9783031469176, 9783031469169