{"product_id":"unsimple-truths-science-complexity-and-policy-paperback","title":"Unsimple Truths: Science, Complexity, and Policy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSandra D. Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe world is complex, but acknowledging its complexity requires an appreciation for the many roles context plays in shaping natural phenomena. In \u003ci\u003eUnsimple Truths, \u003c\/i\u003e Sandra Mitchell argues that the long-standing scientific and philosophical deference to reductive explanations founded on simple universal laws, linear causal models, and predict-and-act strategies fails to accommodate the kinds of knowledge that many contemporary sciences are providing about the world. She advocates, instead, for a new understanding that represents the rich, variegated, interdependent fabric of many levels and kinds of explanation that are integrated with one another to ground effective prediction and action. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mitchell draws from diverse fields including psychiatry, social insect biology, and studies of climate change to defend \"integrative pluralism\"-a theory of scientific practices that makes sense of how many natural and social sciences represent the multi-level, multi-component, dynamic structures they study. She explains how we must, in light of the now-acknowledged complexity and contingency of biological and social systems, revise how we conceptualize the world, how we investigate the world, and how we act in the world. Ultimately \u003ci\u003eUnsimple Truths\u003c\/i\u003e argues that the very idea of what should count as legitimate science itself should change.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSandra Mitchell \u003c\/b\u003eis professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh and is the author of \u003ci\u003eBiological Complexity and Integrative Pluralism.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 21, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754036691232,"sku":"9780226006628","price":39.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/624bda3398b08c23c4403aa1282b3f64.webp?v=1780031952","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/unsimple-truths-science-complexity-and-policy-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}