Genetics and Philosophy Hardback: An Introduction (Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy and Biology) - Hardcover

Griffiths; Stotz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107002125 ISBN 13: 9781107002128

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

This volume documents how the molecular biosciences have outgrown the nature/nurture distinction, and situates genetics in the context of the developmental biology of whole organisms. For those studying the philosophy of biology, genetics, and other life sciences.

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'A valuable resource for students and other readers interested in science and philosophy and the history of these fields, along with modern applications of genetic information, including the bioethics of genomic analysis ... Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through professionals; informed general audiences.' D. L. Beach, Choice

'Griffiths and Stotz have written an important book. It is a bridge between the way scientists traditionally approach their work and the way philosophers do theirs.' Elof Axel Carlson, The Quarterly Review of Biology

'... offers an in depth study of the current lines of thought in the field of philosophy of science and a thorough and thoughtful critical reflection ... a relevant book for a diverse audience, including molecular biologists who want to read an in depth philosophical discussion of their field, as well as philosophers of science and philosophers in general.' Kristien Hens, Ethical Perspectives

'This book is intended as an introduction to philosophical issues raised by genetics. One of its many strengths is that it construes genetics very broadly to include all of heredity, including genomics. The range of topics covered is admirable; all standard themes in the philosophy of genetics are treated at an introductory level - reductionism, genetic information, heritability, adaptationism, and so forth.' Sahotra Sarkar, Isis

Biografía del autor:

Paul Griffiths is University Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Sydney. He is the author of What Emotions Really Are: The Problem of Psychological Categories (1997) and Sex and Death: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Biology (with K. Sterelny, 1999). He is the editor of Trees of Life: Essays in Philosophy of Biology (1992), Biology and Philosophy (2000) and Cycles of Contingency: Developmental Systems and Evolution (with S. Oyama and R. D. Gray, 2001).

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1107002125
• ISBN 13: 9781107002128
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 278