Methodological Prospects for Scientific Research

Methodological Alternatives to Reductionism, Monism and UniversalismWenceslao J. Gonzalez

Part I: A New Framework for Methodological Prospects to Scientific ResearchLevels of Reality, Complexity, and Approaches to Scientific Method
Wenceslao J. Gonzalez
Multiscale Modeling: Explanation and EmergenceRobert W. Batterman
Part II: Pragmatist Approaches to Methodology of ScienceMethodological PragmatismNicholas Rescher
Methodological Incidence of the Realms of Reality: Prediction and ComplexityAmanda Guillan
Part III: Contextual Factors for Methodology of ScienceInformation and Pluralism: Consequences for Scientific MethodGiovanni Camardi
The Methodology of Theories in Context: The Case of Economic ClusteringCatherine Greene and Max Steuer
Part IV: Methodological Pluralism in Natural Sciences and Sciences of the ArtificialPlurality of Explanatory Strategies in Biology: Mechanisms and NetworksAlvaro Moreno
Scientific Prediction and Prescription in Plant Genetic improvement as an Applied Science of Design: The Natural and the ArtificialPedro Mart­nez G³mez
Part V: Methodological Pluralism in Social Sciences and Ethical ValuesChallenges to Validity from the Standpoint of Methodological Pluralism: The Case of Survey Research in EconomicsMar­a Caama±o
Economic Method and its Ethical Component: Pluralism, Objectivity and Values in Amartya Sen's ModelAlessandra Cenci