Biology Under the Influence : Dialectical Essays on the Coevolution of Nature and Society /

How do we understand the world? While some look to the heavens for intelligent design, others argue that it is determined by information encoded in DNA. Science serves as an important activity for uncovering the processes and operations of nature, but it is also immersed in a social context where id...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lewontin, Richard, 1929-2021 (Autor), Levins, Richard (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Monthly Review Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Wissenschaftsphilosophie
Dialektik
Wissenschaftstheorie
Wissenschaftssteuerung
Naturwissenschaften
Biology > Social aspects.
Biology > Philosophy.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > General.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology.
NATURE > Reference.
Biologie > Aspect social.
Biologie > Philosophie.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:How do we understand the world? While some look to the heavens for intelligent design, others argue that it is determined by information encoded in DNA. Science serves as an important activity for uncovering the processes and operations of nature, but it is also immersed in a social context where ideology influences the questions we ask and how we approach the material world. Biology Under the Influence: Dialectical Essays on the Coevolution of Nature and Society breaks from the confirms of determinism, offering a dialectical analysis for comprehending a dynamic social and natural world. In Bi.
Descripción Física:1 online resource: illustrations
ISBN:9781583673935

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