Screen LibraryPhilosophy of experimental biology
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge |
| Publication Dates: | 2005. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology |
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| Carrier Form: | xvi, 358 p.: ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0521829453 |
| Index Number: | Q |
| CLC: | Q-33 |
| Call Number: | Q-33/W375 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-347) and index. Introduction -- Reductionism and the nature of explanations --Discovery: Solving biological problems -- Scientific inference: Testing hypotheses -- Experimental systems: A life of their own? -- Model organisms: Of flies and elephants -- Reference and conceptual change: Out of Mendel's garden? -- Developmental biology and the genetic program: Explaining ontogeny -- Scientific realism: In search of the truth. |