The devil in the details : asymptotic reasoning in explanation, reduction, and emergence

The devil in the details : asymptotic reasoning in explanation, reduction, and emergence / Robert W. Batterman.

The author's study of the complexities of universal behaviour, proposes that asymptotic reasoning is essential for explaining universal behaviour. This has important consequences for our understanding of the scientific process as a whole.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Batterman, Robert W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Series:Oxford studies in philosophy of science.
Subjects:
Reasoning.
Science > Philosophy.
Science > Methodology.
SCIENCE > Cognitive Science.
PSYCHOLOGY > Cognitive Psychology.
Reasoning
Science > Methodology
Science > Philosophy
Online Access:Click for online access
Description
Summary:The author's study of the complexities of universal behaviour, proposes that asymptotic reasoning is essential for explaining universal behaviour. This has important consequences for our understanding of the scientific process as a whole.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 144 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-140) and index.
ISBN:142376322X
9781423763222
0195146476
9780195146479
9780199833078
0199833079
0195314883
9780195314885
1280532025
9781280532023
9786610532025
6610532028
0198033478
9780198033479
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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