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Systemics and Materialism

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In the previous chapters it was claimed that one of the peculiarities of modern science since its birth five centuries ago is that it looks for systems—that is, complex objects with global or emergent properties. This attitude leads to analyzing wholes, as well as to placing them in their contexts.

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  1. Department of Philosophy, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

    Mario Bunge

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Bunge, M. (2012). Systemics and Materialism. In: Evaluating Philosophies. Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, vol 295. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4408-0_3

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