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Quote: biological concepts are simple but they include extreme complexity; otherwise no theory or no need for a theory

topics > all references > references t-z > QuoteRef: thomR_1975 , p. xx (C.H. Waddington)



Group:
philosophy of science
Topic:
biology
Topic:
abstraction by name

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When a category of biological processes, such as … it does so because it exhibits two characteristics; … , but if one attempts to analyze these … complexity. ;;xxi (CH Waddington) "The logical structure … ,included within which is an extreme complexity. … If there was no simplicity, there would be …   Google-1   Google-2

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