Emergence and the logic of explanation an argument for the unity of science

Acta Polytechnica Scandinavica Mathematics and Computing Series

Volumn 91, Issue , 1998, Pages 23-30

  Hofkirchner, Wolfgang ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Determinism; Dialectics; Dualism; Emergentism; Evolutionary systems; Explanation vs. understanding; Holism; Reductionism; Social science

Indexed keywords

EID: 17344365606     PISSN: 14569418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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