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Darwinian reductionism, or, How to stop worrying and love molecular biology [[electronic resource] /] / Alex Rosenberg
| Darwinian reductionism, or, How to stop worrying and love molecular biology [[electronic resource] /] / Alex Rosenberg |
| Autore | Rosenberg Alexander <1946-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (275 p.) |
| Disciplina | 572.8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Molecular biology - Philosophy
Biology - Philosophy Reductionism |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-96637-1
9786611966379 0-226-72731-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction. Biology's Untenable Dualism -- 1. What Was Reductionism? -- 2. Reductionism and Developmental Molecular Biology -- 3. Are There Really Informational Genes and Developmental Programs? -- 4. Dobzhansky's Dictum and the Nature of Biological Explanation -- 5. Central Tendencies and Individual Organisms -- 6. Making Natural Selection Safe for Reductionists -- 7. Genomics, Human History, and Cooperation -- 8. How Darwinian Reductionism Refutes Genetic Determinism -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454171903321 |
Rosenberg Alexander <1946->
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| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006 | ||
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Darwinian reductionism, or, How to stop worrying and love molecular biology [[electronic resource] /] / Alex Rosenberg
| Darwinian reductionism, or, How to stop worrying and love molecular biology [[electronic resource] /] / Alex Rosenberg |
| Autore | Rosenberg Alexander <1946-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (275 p.) |
| Disciplina | 572.8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Molecular biology - Philosophy
Biology - Philosophy Reductionism |
| Soggetto non controllato | charles darwin, darwinian, biology, biological, science, scientific, scientists, philosophy, philosophical, molecular, dna, reductionist, theory, theoretical, antireductionists, physicalism, dualism, richard dawkins, james watson, jacques monod, francis crick, eo wilson, developmental, informational genes, genetic determinism, human history, genomics, natural selection |
| ISBN |
1-281-96637-1
9786611966379 0-226-72731-9 |
| Classificazione | CC 3700 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction. Biology's Untenable Dualism -- 1. What Was Reductionism? -- 2. Reductionism and Developmental Molecular Biology -- 3. Are There Really Informational Genes and Developmental Programs? -- 4. Dobzhansky's Dictum and the Nature of Biological Explanation -- 5. Central Tendencies and Individual Organisms -- 6. Making Natural Selection Safe for Reductionists -- 7. Genomics, Human History, and Cooperation -- 8. How Darwinian Reductionism Refutes Genetic Determinism -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782461803321 |
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Rosenberg Alexander <1946->
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| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Darwinian reductionism, or, How to stop worrying and love molecular biology / / Alex Rosenberg
| Darwinian reductionism, or, How to stop worrying and love molecular biology / / Alex Rosenberg |
| Autore | Rosenberg Alexander <1946-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (275 p.) |
| Disciplina | 572.8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Molecular biology - Philosophy
Biology - Philosophy Reductionism |
| ISBN |
1-281-96637-1
9786611966379 0-226-72731-9 |
| Classificazione | CC 3700 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Introduction. Biology's Untenable Dualism -- 1. What Was Reductionism? -- 2. Reductionism and Developmental Molecular Biology -- 3. Are There Really Informational Genes and Developmental Programs? -- 4. Dobzhansky's Dictum and the Nature of Biological Explanation -- 5. Central Tendencies and Individual Organisms -- 6. Making Natural Selection Safe for Reductionists-- 7. Genomics, Human History, and Cooperation -- 8. How Darwinian Reductionism Refutes Genetic Determinism -- References- Index |
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Darwinian reductionism
How to stop worrying and love molecular biology |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821323603321 |
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Rosenberg Alexander <1946->
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| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Philosophy of science : a contemporary introduction / / Alex Rosenberg
| Philosophy of science : a contemporary introduction / / Alex Rosenberg |
| Autore | Rosenberg Alexander <1946-> |
| Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Routledge, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
| Disciplina | 501 |
| Collana | Routledge contemporary introductions to philosophy |
| Soggetto topico |
Science - Philosophy
Science - Methodology |
| ISBN |
1-136-66261-8
1-283-46033-5 9786613460332 1-136-66262-6 0-203-80751-0 |
| Classificazione | PHI000000SCI075000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Philosophy and Science; Overview; What Is Philosophy?; Philosophy and the Emergence of the Sciences; Science and the Divisions of Philosophy; What if There Are No Questions Left Over when Science Is Finished?; A Short History of Philosophy as the Philosophy of Science; Summary; Study Questions; Suggested Readings; 2 Why Is Philosophy of Science Important?; Overview; Scientific Questions and Questions about Science; Modern Science Has Implications for Philosophy; The Cultural Significance of Science
Why Is Science the Only Feature of Western Culture Universally Adopted?Summary; Study Questions; Suggested Readings; 3 Scientific Explanation; Overview; Defining Scientific Explanation; The Role of Laws in Scientific Explanation; The Covering Law Model; Problems for the Covering Law Model; A Competing Conception of Scientific Explanation; Summary; Study Questions; Suggested Readings; 4 Why Do Laws Explain?; Overview; What Is a Law of Nature?; Counterfactual Support as a Symptom of the Necessity of Laws; Counterfactuals and Causation; Coming to Grips with Nomic Necessity; Denying the Obvious? SummaryStudy Questions; Suggested Readings; 5 Causation, Inexact Laws and Statistical Probabilities; Overview; Causes as Explainers; Ceteris Paribus Laws; Statistical Laws and Probabilistic Causes; Explanation as Unification; Summary; Study Questions; Suggested Readings; 6 Laws and Explanations in Biology and the "Special Sciences"; Overview; Dissatisfaction with Causal Explanations; Proprietary Laws in the "Special Sciences"; Functional Laws and Biological Explanations; Explaining Purposes or Explaining Them Away?; From Intelligibility to Necessity; Summary; Study Questions Suggested Readings7 The Structure of Scientific Theories; Overview; How Do Theories Work? The Example of Newtonian Mechanics; Theories as Explainers: The Hypothetico-Deductive Model; The Philosophical Significance of Newtonian Mechanics and Theories; Summary; Study Questions; Suggested Readings; 8 Epistemic and Metaphysical Issues About Scientific Theories; Overview; Reduction, Replacement and the Progress of Science; The Problem of Theoretical Terms; Scientific Realism vs. Antirealism; Summary; Study Questions; Suggested Readings; 9 Theory Construction vs. Model Building; Overview Theories and ModelsSemantic vs. Syntactic Approaches to Theories and Models; A Case Study: Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection; Models and Theories in Evolutionary Biology; Summary; Study Questions; Suggested Readings; 10 Induction and Probability; Overview; The Problem of Induction; Statistics and Probability to the Rescue?; How Much Can Bayes' Theorem Really Help?; Summary; Study Questions; Suggested Readings; 11 Confirmation, Falsification, Underdetermination; Overview; Epistemological Problems of Hypothesis Testing; Induction as a Pseudo-Problem: Popper's Gambit; Underdetermination Summary |
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| New York, : Routledge, 2012 | ||
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Sociobiology and the Preemption of Social Science / Alexander Rosenberg
| Sociobiology and the Preemption of Social Science / Alexander Rosenberg |
| Autore | Rosenberg Alexander <1946-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1 online resource (xi, 227 pag) |
| Disciplina | 306/.4 |
| Soggetto topico |
Philosophie sociale
Sociologie et biologie Sociobiologie Sociale wetenschappen Sociobiology Social sciences - Philosophy Sciences sociales - Philosophie Sociologie |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-4214-3542-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910524850303321 |
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Rosenberg Alexander <1946->
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| Johns Hopkins University Press | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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