Hidetaka Yakura

Immunity (eBook, ePUB)

From Science to Philosophy

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the essence of immunity. Philosophical reflection with reference to Spinoza and Canguilhem suggests immunity is part of the essence of life - and the essence of immunity embraces elements with normativity. This book demonstrates the potential of this approach and contributes to a richer understanding of nature.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040089569
• Artikelnr.: 72271980

Autorenporträt

Hidetaka Yakura, M.D., Ph.D. (Pathology), Ph.D. (Epistemology, History of Science and Technology), is the director of the Institute for Science and Human Existence. He started his career with seven years of research in immunology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. After serving as the director of the Department of Immunology and Signal Transduction at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Medical Research, he embarked on philosophical investigations of immunity in Paris in 2007, receiving his Ph.D. from Sorbonne University Paris Cité (presently, Paris Cité University) in 2016. He is currently exploring new perspectives on nature, life, and human existence.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Chapter 1. What Has Immunology Tried to Explain?. Chapter 2.
Autoimmunity, Symbiosis, and Organism. Chapter 3. The Immune System at the
Organism Level. Chapter 4. The Immune System Omnipresent in the Biological
World. Chapter 5. Metaphysics of Immunity. Chapter 6. Toward a New
Philosophy of Life. Epilogue.