New Mechanism Explanation, Emergence and Reduction /

New Mechanism Explanation, Emergence and Reduction /

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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 ins...

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Other Authors: Cordovil, João L. (Editor), Santos, Gil (Editor), Vecchi, Davide (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2024.
Edition:1st ed. 2024.
Series:History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences, 35
Subjects:
Knowledge, Theory of.
Science > Philosophy.
Machine learning.
Epistemology.
Philosophy of Science.
Machine Learning.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. A framework for mapping mechanistic perspectives (João Cordovil, Gil Santos, Davide Vecchi )
  • Chapter 2. Different Types of Mechanistic Explanation and Their Ontological Implications (Beate Krickel )
  • Chapter 3. The Metabolic Theory of Ecology as a Mechanistic Approach (Gonçalo Martins)
  • Chapter 4. Causing and composing evolution: lessons from evo-devo mechanisms (Cristina Villegas)
  • Chapter 5. Organisms need mechanisms; Mechanisms need organisms (William Bechtel and Leonardo Bich)
  • Chapter 6. Searching for protein folding mechanisms: on the insoluble contrast between thermodynamic and kinetic explanatory approaches (Gabriel Vallejos and Davide Vecchi)
  • Chapter 7. Mechanisms in Chemistry (Robin Findlay Hendry)
  • Chapter 8. A commentary on Robin Hendry's views on molecular structure, emergence and chemical bonding (Eric Scerri)
  • Chapter 9. Fundamental Physics and (New-)Mechanistic Ontologies (João L. Cordovil)
  • Chapter 10. Mechanistic Explanations in Physics: History, Scope, and Limits (Brigitte Falkenburg)
  • Chapter 11. The Mechanisms of Emergence (Stuart Glennan)
  • Chapter 12. Emergence, Downward Causation and Interlevel Integrative Explanations (Gil Santos)
  • Index. .

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