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William C. Wimsatt 《Biology & philosophy》2006,21(5):667-702
Richard Levins’ distinction between aggregate, composed and evolved systems acquires new significance as we recognize the
importance of mechanistic explanation. Criteria for aggregativity provide limiting cases for absence of organization, so through
their failure, can provide rich detectors for organizational properties. I explore the use of failures of aggregativity for
the analysis of mechanistic systems in diverse contexts. Aggregativity appears theoretically desireable, but we are easily
fooled. It may be exaggerated through approximation, conditions of derivation, and extrapolating from some conditions of decomposition
illegtimately to others. Evolved systems particularly may require analyses under alternative complementary decompositions.
Exploring these conditions helps us to better understand the strengths and limits of reductionistic methods.
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