1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910624329903321

Autore

Haufe Chris

Titolo

How knowledge grows : the evolutionary development of scientific practice / / Chris Haufe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2022]

ISBN

0-262-37160-X

0-262-37159-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 pages)

Collana

The MIT Press

Disciplina

501

Soggetti

Science - Philosophy

Science - Methodology

Knowledge, Theory of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. The Evolution of Scientific Knowledge -- 1. Again with the Science and the Evolution? -- 2. The Persistence of Practice -- 3. Isolation of the Evolving Population -- 4. Directionality and the Refinement of Scientific Practice -- 5. Branching and the Growth of Scientific Knowledge -- 6. The Recovery of Scientific Knowledge -- II. The Emergence of a Discipline -- 7. The Philosophical Foundations of Disciplinary Autonomy -- 8. Attempted Paleontology -- 9. Wonderful Death -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"An argument that science is indeed 'socially constructed' but in a way that exposes it to a Darwinian version of variability and selection which ensures its success"--



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910557224703321

Autore

Young Ken H

Titolo

Immunotherapy and The Regulatory Immune System in Blood Cancers: From Mechanisms to Clinical Applications

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frontiers Media SA, 2019

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (127 p.)

Soggetti

Medicine and Nursing

Oncology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

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