Robert W. Batterman - The Devil in the Details: Asymptotic Reasoning in Explanation, Reduction, and Emergence

Asymptotic Reasoning in Explanation, Reduction, and Emergence

2002

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Batterman, Robert W.
The devil in the details: asymptotic reasoning in explanation, reduction,
and emergence/Robert W. Batterman
p. cm.
ISBN 0-19-514647-6
1. Reasoning. 2. Science Philosophy.
3. Science Methodology. 1. Title.
Q175.32.R45 B37 2002
153.4'3-dc21 2001047453