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Philosophy and Complexity
Foundations of Science 18 (4):681-686 (2013)
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Some relevant distinctions between the notions of complexity, non-linearity, self-organization and emergence are addressed.Author's Profile
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Discovering Complexity: Decomposition and Localization as Strategies in Scientific Research.William Bechtel & Robert C. Richardson - 2010 - Princeton.
Re-engineering philosophy for limited beings: piecewise approximations to reality.William C. Wimsatt - 2007 - Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
Unsimple Truths: Science, Complexity, and Policy.Sandra D. Mitchell - 2009 - London: University of Chicago Press.
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