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This book demonstrates that any issue or problem can be easily and efficiently approached from a scientific viewpoint. The author uses a number of topical cases, from gravitational waves to mental disorders to politics, to illustrate that any subject, even politics and philosophy, can be approached in a scientific manner-that is, both rational and evidence-based.

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Mario Bunge is a rare and brilliant scholar. He can guide his readers through complex problems with remarkable ease and clarity. His writing has wide-reaching implications for those from all disciplines who are interested in causation and its implications for fundamental science. Reading him is always an inspirational feast. -- Per-Olov Wikstrom, Director, Institute of Criminology, Cambridge University, UK Mario Bunge has over the years established himself as the prime exponent of a scientifically informed philosophy of man, society, and nature. -- Nicholas Rescher, Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy University of Pittsburgh, USA What a privilege to have interacted with Mario Bunge. I have always been impressed by his clarity, his curiosity, and his creativity, never shying away from any problem we humans are confronted with. -- Ernst Poppel, Professor Emeritus of Medical Psychology Faculty of Medicine, University of Munich, Germany No social scientists can afford to neglect Mario Bunge's systemist, emergentist and materialist philosophy, which constitutes an invaluable benchmark against which most if not all prickly questions in contemporary philosophy of social science and social research can be assessed. -- Poe Yuze Wan, Sociology, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan The sweep and depth of Bunge's philosophy not only exposes the failures of modern political philosophy and political theory, but gives us the tools to confront today's oppression, exploitation, and inequality with a critical, realist, and systemic approach. -- Andreas Pickel, Political Science, Trent University, Peterbourough, Canada

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Mario Bunge has a PhD in physics, and has taught quantum mechanics and the two relativities, as well as philosophy, in his native Argentina as well as in the USA. He has also been a visiting professor in the two Americas and four European countries. As well, he has published 74 scholarly books and about 500 papers, and is the member of 5 international academies.

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