Anya Plutynski

Explaining Cancer

Finding Order in Disorder

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book engages several philosophical questions about cancer: What is cancer? Is it one or many? How do cell and molecular biologists, epidemiologists and evolutionary biologists think about and explain cancer?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9780197642504
• ISBN-10: 0197642500
• Artikelnr.: 63431819

Autorenporträt

Anya Plutynski received her Ph.D. in Philosophy, and her M.A. in Biology, both from the University of Pennsylvania. She currently teaches philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1: Cancer: Natural, Social and Medical Kind
Chapter 2: From Disease to Risk
Chapter 3: Causation, Causal Selection and Causal Parity
Chapter 4: Evidence and Environmental Epidemiology: A Pragmatic Approach
Chapter 5: Explaining Cancer from an Evolutionary Perspective
Chapter 6: Explanation
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index