Philosophy of Experimental Biology
Philosophy of Experimental Biology explores some central philosophical issues concerning scientific research in experimental biology, including genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology, developmental biology, neurobiology, and microbiology. It seeks to make sense of the explanatory strategies, conc...
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| Format: | eBook Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2005
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| Edition: | 1 |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology |
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| ISBN: | 0521829453, 9780521143448, 9780521829458, 0521143446 |
| Online Access: | Get full text |
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| Summary: | Philosophy of Experimental Biology explores some central philosophical issues concerning scientific research in experimental biology, including genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology, developmental biology, neurobiology, and microbiology. It seeks to make sense of the explanatory strategies, concepts, ways of reasoning, approaches to discovery and problem solving, tools, models and experimental systems deployed by scientific life science researchers and also integrates developments in historical scholarship, in particular the New Experimentalism. It concludes that historical explanations of scientific change that are based on local laboratory practice need to be supplemented with an account of the epistemic norms and standards that are operative in science. This book should be of interest to philosophers and historians of science as well as to scientists. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0521829453 9780521143448 9780521829458 0521143446 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511498596 |