Philosophical Perspectives on the Engineering Approach in Biology (eBook, PDF)

Living Machines?
Redaktion: Holm, Sune; Serban, Maria

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a philosophical examination of what has been called the most powerful metaphor in biology: The machine metaphor. It discusses the idea that living systems can be understood through the lens of engineering methods and machine metaphors from both historical, theoretical, and practical perspectives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351212236
• Artikelnr.: 59577301

Autorenporträt

Sune Holm is Associate Professor in Philosophy at the Department of Food and Resource Economics at the University of Copenhagen. His research mainly focuses on topics in ethics and philosophy of science relating to biology, biotechnology, and artificial intelligence. Maria Serban is a lecturer in philosophy at University of East Anglia. She is a philosopher of science focusing on modelling practices in the life sciences.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part 1. Theoretical Issues
1. Restless Machines
2. On Being the Right Size, Revisited: The Problem with Engineering
Metaphors in Molecular Biology
3. A Roomful of Robovacs: How to Think About Genetic Programs
4. Living Machines: The Extent and Limits of the Machine Metaphor
Part 2. Methodological Issues
5. Beyond Machine-Like Mechanisms
6. Magnetized Memories: Analogies and Templates in Model Transfer
7. Biological Robustness: Design, Organization and Mechanism
Part 3. Societal Issues
8. The Machine Analogy in Bioethics
9. The Machine Metaphor in Science and Science Communication
Postscript