The present chapter aims at offering an overview of the main issues related with the general discourse on complexity and to comment on how these issues are declined and finds applications in the disciplinary fields of environmental chemistry and environmental science. This topic will be addressed under a philosophical and epistemic perspective.

Epistemology of (Environmental) Complexity: A Matter of Relations

Elena Ghibaudi
2026-01-01

Abstract

The present chapter aims at offering an overview of the main issues related with the general discourse on complexity and to comment on how these issues are declined and finds applications in the disciplinary fields of environmental chemistry and environmental science. This topic will be addressed under a philosophical and epistemic perspective.
2026
Complexity in Environmental Chemistry: From Pollutants to Predictive Analytics
Springer Nature Switzerland
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978-3-032-31773-5
978-3-032-31776-6
978-3-032-31774-2
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-032-31774-2#about-authors
Complexity; emergence; relational ontology; epistemology; downward causation; deterministic chaos
Elena Ghibaudi
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