Discovering complexity : decomposition and localization as strategies in scientific research / William Bechtel and Robert C. Richardson
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- Bechtel, William
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- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1993
- xiv, 286 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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- Preface Pt. I Scientific Discovery and Rationality Ch. 1 Cognitive strategies and Scientific Discovery 3 1 Rationalizing Scientific Discovery 3 2 Procedural Rationality 11 Ch. 2 Complex Systems and Mechanistic Explanations 17 1 Mechanistic Explanation 17 2 Decomposition and Localization 23 3 Hierarchy and Organization 27 4 Conclusion: Failure of Localization 31 Pt. II Emerging Mechanisms Introduction 35 Ch. 3 Identifying the Locus of Control 39 1 Introduction: Identifying System and Context 39 2 External Control: The Environment as a Control 41 3 Internal Control: The System as a Control 47 4 Fixing on a Locus of Control: The Cell in Respiration 51 5 Conclusion: Localization of Function 59 Ch. 4 Direct Localization 63 1 Introduction: Relocating Control 63 2 Phrenology and Cerebral Localization 65 3 Competing Models of Cellular Respiration 72 4 Conclusion: Direct Localization and Competing Mechanisms 88 Ch. 5 The Rejection of Mechanism 93 1 Introduction: Mechanism and Its Opponents 93 2 Flourens and the Integrity of the Nervous System 95 3 The Vitalist Opposition to Mechanistic Physiology 99 4 Conclusion: Settling for Descriptions 113 Pt. III Elaborating Mechanisms Introduction 119 Ch. 6 Complex Localization 125 1 Introduction: Constraints on Localization 125 2 Top-Down Constraints 128 3 Bottom-Up Constraints 138 4 Conclusion: The Rise and Decline of Decomposability 145 Ch. 7 Integrated Mechanisms 149 1 Introduction: Replacing a Direct Localization 149 2 Direct Localization of Fermentation in Zymase 153 3 A Complex Linear Model of Fermentation 156 4 An Integrated System Responsible for Fermentation 163 5 Conclusion: The Discovery of Integration 168 Ch. 8 Reconstituting the Phenomena 173 1 Introduction: Biochemical Genetics 173 2 Classical Genetics 175 3 Developmental Genetics 181 4 One Gene/One Enzyme 188 5 Conclusion: Reconstituting the Phenomena 192 Pt. IV Emergent Mechanism Introduction 199 Ch. 9 "Emergent" Phenomena in Interconnected Networks 202 1 Introduction: Dispensing with Modules 202 2 Hierarchical Control: Hughlings Jackson's Analysis of the Nervous System 203 3 Parallel Distributed Processing and Cognition 210 4 Distributed Mechanisms for Genomic Regulation 223 5 Conclusion: Mechanistic Explanations without Functional Decomposition and Localization 227 Ch. 10 Constructing Causal Explanations 230 1 Decomposition and Localization in Perspective 230 2 Four Constraints on Development 234 3 Conclusion: Looking Forward 243 Notes 245 References 257 Index 281.
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-280) and index.
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- Richardson, Robert C., 1949-
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