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Confessions of a Complexity Skeptic

Scholl, Raphael (2013) Confessions of a Complexity Skeptic. [Preprint]

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    Abstract

    Three objections to Max Urchs's paper on complexity are discussed. First, Urchs's macroeconomic illustrations of the benefits of complexity thinking are open to more conventional interpretations. Second, Urchs formulates a thesis concerning the relationship between science and society which is untenable if taken as a historical claim and insufficiently developed if taken as a metaphor. Third, methodological problems in history and philosophy of science plague Urchs's discussion of neuroscience.

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    Item Type: Preprint
    Additional Information: To appear in: M. C. Galavotti, S. Hartmann, M. Weber, W. Gonzalez, D. Dieks, and T. Uebel, eds., New Directions in the Philosophy of Science. Springer.
    Keywords: complexity economics neuroscience policy analysis history and philosophy of science methodology
    Subjects: Specific Sciences > Economics
    General Issues > History of Science Case Studies
    Specific Sciences > Biology > Neuroscience
    General Issues > Science and Society
    Depositing User: Raphael Scholl
    Date Deposited: 25 Jun 2013 01:08
    Last Modified: 25 Jun 2013 01:08
    Item ID: 9848
    URI: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9848

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