Marcel Weber

Philosophy of Experimental Biology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores some central philosophical issues concerning scientific research in experimental biology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 609g
• ISBN-13: 9780521143448
• ISBN-10: 0521143446
• Artikelnr.: 30206542

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Reductionism and the nature of explanations
3. Discovery: solving biological problems
4. Scientific inference: testing hypotheses
5. Experimental systems: a life of their own?
6. Model organisms: of flies and elephants
7. Reference and conceptual change: out of Mendel's garden?
8. Developmental biology and the genetic program: explaining ontogeny
9. Scientific realism: in search of the truth
Notes
Bibliography
Index.