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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... scientific simplifications like this , and they are used as a basis for action . For instance , in medicine the value of different forms of treatment is assessed in clinical trials . These are mostly carried out on populations of adult ...
... scientific simplifications like this , and they are used as a basis for action . For instance , in medicine the value of different forms of treatment is assessed in clinical trials . These are mostly carried out on populations of adult ...
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... scientific analogy of the unconscious . From there they may emerge after a scientific revolution not as dreams but in the form of another paradigm , the next simplifying device , with its novel understandings and techniques . Michel ...
... scientific analogy of the unconscious . From there they may emerge after a scientific revolution not as dreams but in the form of another paradigm , the next simplifying device , with its novel understandings and techniques . Michel ...
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... scientific formalisms. What happens to complexity when simplifications are made? Answer- ing this question requires a theoretical, but also an empirical and a meth- odological, inquiry. Thus the stories told by the contributors of this ...
... scientific formalisms. What happens to complexity when simplifications are made? Answer- ing this question requires a theoretical, but also an empirical and a meth- odological, inquiry. Thus the stories told by the contributors of this ...
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... Scientific Revolutions . Chicago : University of Chi- cago Press . Latour , B. 1988. Irreductions . In The Pasteurization of France . Cambridge , Mass .: Harvard University Press . 1993. We Have Never Been Modern . Brighton : Harvester ...
... Scientific Revolutions . Chicago : University of Chi- cago Press . Latour , B. 1988. Irreductions . In The Pasteurization of France . Cambridge , Mass .: Harvard University Press . 1993. We Have Never Been Modern . Brighton : Harvester ...
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... scientific community , the word holism has stuck . For many decades romantic holism and complexity were synony- mous . If one took “ complexity " seriously as a subject for science , one was a holist . If one objected to holism ...
... scientific community , the word holism has stuck . For many decades romantic holism and complexity were synony- mous . If one took “ complexity " seriously as a subject for science , one was a holist . If one objected to holism ...
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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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