Complexities: Social Studies of Knowledge PracticesJohn Law, Annemarie Mol Duke University Press, 10 июн. 2002 г. - Всего страниц: 304 Although much recent social science and humanities work has been a revolt against simplification, this volume explores the contrast between simplicity and complexity to reveal that this dichotomy, itself, is too simplistic. John Law and Annemarie Mol have gathered a distinguished panel of contributors to offer—particularly within the field of science studies—approaches to a theory of complexity, and at the same time a theoretical introduction to the topic. Indeed, they examine not only ways of relating to complexity but complexity in practice. Individual essays study complexity from a variety of perspectives, addressing market behavior, medical interventions, aeronautical design, the governing of supranational states, ecology, roadbuilding, meteorology, the science of complexity itself, and the psychology of childhood trauma. Other topics include complex wholes (holism) in the sciences, moral complexity in seemingly amoral endeavors, and issues relating to the protection of African elephants. With a focus on such concepts as multiplicity, partial connections, and ebbs and flows, the collection includes narratives from Kenya, Great Britain, Papua New Guinea, the Netherlands, France, and the meetings of the European Commission, written by anthropologists, economists, philosophers, psychologists, sociologists, and scholars of science, technology, and society. Contributors. Andrew Barry, Steven D. Brown, Michel Callon, Chunglin Kwa, John Law, Nick Lee, Annemarie Mol, Marilyn Strathern, Laurent Thévenot, Charis Thompson |
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... becomes an impediment to understanding . But what is complexity ? One way of starting is with a simple definition . There is complexity if things relate but don't add up , if events occur but not within the processes of linear time ...
... becomes an impediment to understanding . But what is complexity ? One way of starting is with a simple definition . There is complexity if things relate but don't add up , if events occur but not within the processes of linear time ...
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... to neglect a vari- able such as “ heat . " However , it works less well when what was confined to a test tube is scaled up to become a power plant . What happens now to all the excess heat ? Where does it go ? 2 Annemarie Mol and John Law.
... to neglect a vari- able such as “ heat . " However , it works less well when what was confined to a test tube is scaled up to become a power plant . What happens now to all the excess heat ? Where does it go ? 2 Annemarie Mol and John Law.
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... become a commonplace in much poststructuralist writing.∂ This trope is also found in endless other theories of society , economy , culture , and science . In the work of Thomas Kuhn a scientific paradigm is a way of understand- ing ...
... become a commonplace in much poststructuralist writing.∂ This trope is also found in endless other theories of society , economy , culture , and science . In the work of Thomas Kuhn a scientific paradigm is a way of understand- ing ...
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... out to do here. For we fear, ironically, that by now another critique of simplification is just too simple. The critique of simplification is so well established that it has become a morally comfortable place Introduction 5.
... out to do here. For we fear, ironically, that by now another critique of simplification is just too simple. The critique of simplification is so well established that it has become a morally comfortable place Introduction 5.
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... become a morally comfortable place to be. Denouncing violence is no doubt appropriate, but it is also disturbingly agreeable and self-satisfying, too simple. So our position—and that of the contributors to this book—is that the endless ...
... become a morally comfortable place to be. Denouncing violence is no doubt appropriate, but it is also disturbingly agreeable and self-satisfying, too simple. So our position—and that of the contributors to this book—is that the endless ...
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Which Road to Follow? The Moral Complexity of an Equipped Humanity | 53 |
On Space and Depth | 88 |
Complexity Formalism and Aircraft Design | 116 |
In the Middle of the Network | 142 |
Amboseli National Park Kenya | 166 |
Writing and Rewriting Devices as Tools for Managing Complexity | 191 |
Some Complexities Involved in Comparing | 218 |
Childhood Trauma and Complexity | 258 |
Contributors | 281 |
Index | 283 |
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