LEADER 04198nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910829933803321 005 20230607213218.0 010 $a1-280-27000-4 010 $a9786610270002 010 $a0-470-85417-0 010 $a0-470-85418-9 035 $a(CKB)111056485600148 035 $a(EBL)139826 035 $a(OCoLC)53881032 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000229187 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11239438 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000229187 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10167667 035 $a(PQKB)10772820 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC139826 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485600148 100 $a20020128d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPromises and limits of reductionism in the biomedical sciences$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Marc H.V. Van Regenmortel, David L. Hull 210 $aChichester, West Sussex, England ;$aHoboken, NJ, USA $cJohn Wiley & Sons$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (393 p.) 300 $a"... presentations made ... at the Philippe Laudat Conference on 'Promises and Limits of Reductionism in the Biomedical Sciences', held at the Abbey of Royaumont, north of Paris, on 22-24 May 2000"--Pref. 311 $a0-471-49850-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 365-367) and index. 327 $aPROMISES AND LIMITS OF REDUCTIONISM IN THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES; Contents; Preface; Contributors; About the Editors; 1 Introduction; 2 Emergent Properties of Biological Molecules and Cells; 3 From Nineteenth Century Ideas on Reduction in Physiology to Non-Reductive Explanations in Twentieth-Century Biochemistry; 4 Pitfalls of Reductionism in Immunology; 5 Reductionism in Medicine: Social Aspects of Health; Questions and Discussion; 6 'Who's Afraid of Reductionism?' 'I Am!'; Questions and Discussion; Round Table Discussion 1: Chair - Alex Rosenberg; 7 Reductionism in an Historical Science 327 $aQuestions and Discussion8 Varieties of Reductionism: Derivation and Gene Selection; Questions and Discussion; 9 The Gene: Between Holism and Generalism; Questions and Discussion; 10 Genes versus Molecules: How To, and How Not To, Be a Reductionist; Questions and Discussion; 11 Limits of Reproduction: A Reductionistic Research Strategy in Evolutionary Biology; Questions and Discussion; 12 Evolutionary Psychology: A Case Study in the Poverty of Genetic Determinism; Questions and Discussion; Round Table Discussion 2: Chair - Marc H. V. Van Regenmortel 327 $a13 The Ethical Imperative of Holism in MedicineQuestions and Discussion; 14 Levels of Explanation in Human Behaviour: The Poverty of Evolutionary Psychology; Questions and Discussion; 15 Reductionism and Social Policy; Questions and Discussion; 16 Reductionism, Complexity and Molecular Medicine: Genetic Chips and the 'Globalization' of the Genome; Questions and Discussion; Round Table Discussion 3: Chair - Kenneth F. Schaffner; Bibliography; Index 330 $aReductionism as a scientific methodology has been extraordinarily successful in biology. However, recent developments in molecular biology have shown that reductionism is seriously inadequate in dealing with the mind-boggling complexity of integrated biological systems.This title presents an appropriate balance between science and philosophy and covers traditional philosophical treatments of reductionism as well as the benefits and shortcomings of reductionism in particular areas of science.Discussing the issue of reductionism in the practice of medicine it takes into account the holis 606 $aReductionism$vCongresses 606 $aBiology$vCongresses 606 $aPsychology$vCongresses 615 0$aReductionism 615 0$aBiology 615 0$aPsychology 676 $a570 676 $a570/.1 676 $a660/.28443 701 $aVan Regenmortel$b M. H. V$0282220 701 $aHull$b David L$0464823 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910829933803321 996 $aPromises and limits of reductionism in the biomedical sciences$93976355 997 $aUNINA