Philosophy of experimental biology / Marcel Weber.

  • Weber, Marcel, 1964-
Date:
2005
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Publication/Creation

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Physical description

xvi, 358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-347) and index.

Contents

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.

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    QH324 2005W43p
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  • 0521829453