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The author examines a form of scientific reasoning called asymptotic reasoning, which he argues has important consequences for our understanding of the scientific process as a whole. He argues that asymptotic reasoning is essential for explaining what physicists call universal behaviour: in this type of reasoning, a scientific observer may choose to focus on only a handful among many avaliable variables, while arguing that the others make little or no contribution to the behaviour in a given system. Robert Batterman simplifies some of the more complex questions about universal behaviour, demonstrating an understanding of the underlying structures that ground them. This book introduces a method that offers the possibility of filling explanatory gaps across disciplines. This book is intended for students and scholars of philosophy.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Philosophy Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge

• Full title: Devil in the Details
• Subtitle: Asymptotic Reasoning in Explanation, Reduction, and Emergence
• Author: Robert W. Batterman
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 154
• EAN: 9780195146479
• ISBN: 0195146476
• ID: 04515381
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• Weight: 390 g
• Dimensions: 242 × 163 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 20. December 2001

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