Complex Systems, Imitation, and Mythical Explanations
In this article we analyze in a new way the epistemological concept of mythical explanation. It is shown, within the framework of the theory of dynamic and complex systems, that this kind of explanation is grounded on the substitution of distributed causation by lineal and single causes. Considering...
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2003
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Contagion
Year: 2003, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 161-181 |
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