Paul Griffiths, Karola Stotz

Genetics and Philosophy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In the past century, nearly all of the biological sciences have been directly affected by discoveries and developments in genetics, a fast-evolving subject with important theoretical dimensions. In this rich and accessible book, Paul Griffiths and Karola Stotz show how the concept of the gene has evolved and diversified across the many fields that make up modern biology. By examining the molecular biology of the 'environment', they situate genetics in the developmental biology of whole organisms, and reveal how the molecular biosciences have undermined the nature/nurture distinction. Their discussion gives full weight to the revolutionary impacts of molecular biology, while rejecting 'genocentrism' and 'reductionism', and brings the topic right up to date with the philosophical implications of the most recent developments in genetics. Their book will be invaluable for those studying the philosophy of biology, genetics and other life sciences.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy and Biology
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 514g
• ISBN-13: 9780521173902
• ISBN-10: 0521173906
• Artikelnr.: 36957961

Autorenporträt

Paul Griffiths is University Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Sydney. He is the author of What Emotions Really Are: The Problem of Psychological Categories (1997) and Sex and Death: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Biology (with K. Sterelny, 1999). He is the editor of Trees of Life: Essays in Philosophy of Biology (1992), Biology and Philosophy (2000) and Cycles of Contingency: Developmental Systems and Evolution (with S. Oyama and R. D. Gray, 2001).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Mendel's gene; 2. The physical gene; 3. The behavioural gene; 4. The reactive genome; 5. Outside the gene; 6. The informational gene; 7. The evolving gene.

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1. Mendel's gene
2. The physical gene
3. The behavioural gene
4. The reactive genome
5. Outside the gene
6. The informational gene
7. The evolving gene.

Rezensionen

'A valuable resource for students and other readers interested in science and philosophy and the history of these fields, along with modern applications of genetic information, including the bioethics of genomic analysis ... Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through professionals; informed general audiences.' D. L. Beach, Choice