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New Mechanism : Explanation, Emergence and Reduction
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 n…
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- 978-3-031-46917-6
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- XII, 272
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- History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences (HPTL, volume 35)
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From Assessing to Conserving Biodiversity : Conceptual and Practical Challenges
This open access book features essays written by philosophers, biologists, ecologists and conservation scientists facing the current biodiversity crisis. Despite increasing communication, accelerating policy and management responses, and notwithstanding improving ecosystem assessment and endangered species knowledge, conserving biodiversity continues to be more a concern than an accomplished ta…
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- 978-3-030-10991-2
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- XIV, 452
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- History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences (HPTL, volume 24)
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