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"Philosophy of Experimental Biology explores some central philosophical issues concerning scientific research in modern experimental biology, including genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology, developmental biology, neurobiology, and microbiology. It seeks to make sense of the explanatory str...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Weber, Marcel
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge [England] ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2005, 2004.
Series:Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology.
Subjects:
Biology, Experimental > Philosophy.
Philosophy.
Biological Phenomena
Research Design
Philosophy
Biologie expérimentale > Philosophie.
Philosophie.
philosophy.
NATURE > Reference.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > General.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology.
Philosophie
Experimentelle Biologie
Biologie.
Experimenteel onderzoek.
Filosofische aspecten.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Reductionism and the nature of explanations
  • Discovery: Solving biological problems
  • Scientific inference: Testing hypotheses
  • Experimental systems: A life of their own?
  • Model organisms: Of flies and elephants
  • Reference and conceptual change: Out of Mendel's garden?
  • Developmental biology and the genetic program: Explaining ontogeny
  • Scientific realism: In search of the truth.

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