{"product_id":"9780792360766","title":"Episteme: The Mutual Dependence of Higher and Lower Level Research Programmes","description":"\u003ch1\u003eEpisteme: The Mutual Dependence of Higher and Lower Level Research Programmes\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eLooijen, Rick C.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eHolism and reductionism are traditionally seen as incompatible  views or approaches to nature. Here Looijen argues that they should  rather be seen as mutually dependent and hence co-operating research  programmes. He sheds some interesting new light on the emergence  thesis, its relation to the reduction thesis, and on the role and  status of functional explanations in biology. He discusses several  examples of reduction in both biology and ecology, showing the mutual  dependence of holistic and reductionist research programmes.  Ecologists are offered separate chapters, clarifying some major, yet  highly and controversial ecological concepts, such as `community',  `habitat', and `niche'. The book is the first in-depth study of the  philosophy of ecology. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cem\u003eReadership:\u003c\/em\u003e Specialists in the philosophy of science, especially  the philosophy of biology, biologists and ecologists interested in the  philosophy of their discipline. Also of interest to other scientists  concerned with the holism-reductionism issue.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 1999-11-30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780792360766\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-015-9560-5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 234cm x156cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 352\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46311840514188,"sku":"9780792360766","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780792360766.jpg?v=1771512959","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780792360766","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}