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Philosophy of Experimental Biology

Author : Marcel Weber
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139453912
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy of Experimental Biology written by Marcel Weber and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-08-30 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophy of Experimental Biology explores some central philosophical issues concerning scientific research in experimental biology, including genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology, developmental biology, neurobiology, and microbiology. It seeks to make sense of the explanatory strategies, concepts, ways of reasoning, approaches to discovery and problem solving, tools, models and experimental systems deployed by scientific life science researchers and also integrates developments in historical scholarship, in particular the New Experimentalism. It concludes that historical explanations of scientific change that are based on local laboratory practice need to be supplemented with an account of the epistemic norms and standards that are operative in science. This book should be of interest to philosophers and historians of science as well as to scientists.

Darwinism, Philosophy, and Experimental Biology

Author : Ute Deichmann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9048199018
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (481 download)

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Book Synopsis Darwinism, Philosophy, and Experimental Biology by : Ute Deichmann

Download or read book Darwinism, Philosophy, and Experimental Biology written by Ute Deichmann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conference proceedings of 2009 (year of Darwin) international conference on Darwin, held in Israel.

Experimental Design for Biologists

Author : David J. Glass
Publisher : CSHL Press
ISBN 13 : 0879697350
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (796 download)

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Book Synopsis Experimental Design for Biologists by : David J. Glass

Download or read book Experimental Design for Biologists written by David J. Glass and published by CSHL Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The effective design of scientific experiments is critical to success, yet graduate students receive very little formal training in how to do it. Based on a well-received course taught by the author, Experimental Design for Biologistsfills this gap. Experimental Design for Biologistsexplains how to establish the framework for an experimental project, how to set up a system, design experiments within that system, and how to determine and use the correct set of controls. Separate chapters are devoted to negative controls, positive controls, and other categories of controls that are perhaps less recognized, such as â€œassumption controlsâ€ and â€œexperimentalist controlsâ€ . Furthermore, there are sections on establishing the experimental system, which include performing critical â€œsystem controlsâ€ . Should all experimental plans be hypothesis-driven? Is a question/answer approach more appropriate? What was the hypothesis behind the Human Genome Project? What color is the sky? How does one get to Carnegie Hall? The answers to these kinds of questions can be found in Experimental Design for Biologists. Written in an engaging manner, the book provides compelling lessons in framing an experimental question, establishing a validated system to answer the question, and deriving verifiable models from experimental data. Experimental Design for Biologistsis an essential source of theory and practical guidance in designing a research plan.

Philosophy of Science for Biologists

Author : Kostas Kampourakis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108491839
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy of Science for Biologists written by Kostas Kampourakis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-24 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A short and accessible introduction to philosophy of science for students and researchers across the life sciences.

Darwinism, Philosophy, and Experimental Biology: Special Issue of the Journal for General Philosophy of Science

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ISBN 13 : 9789048199013
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)

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Thinking about Life

Author : Paul S. Agutter
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402088663
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Thinking about Life written by Paul S. Agutter and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-11-05 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our previous book, About Life, concerned modern biology. We used our present-day understanding of cells to ‘define’ the living state, providing a basis for exploring several general-interest topics: the origin of life, extraterrestrial life, intelligence, and the possibility that humans are unique. The ideas we proposed in About Life were intended as starting-points for debate – we did not claim them as ‘truth’ – but the information on which they were based is currently accepted as ‘scientific fact’. What does that mean? What is ‘scientific fact’ and why is it accepted? What is science – and is biology like other sciences such as physics (except in subject m- ter)? The book you are now reading investigates these questions – and some related ones. Like About Life, it may particularly interest a reader who wishes to change career to biology and its related subdisciplines. In line with a recommendation by the British Association for the Advancement of Science – that the public should be given fuller information about the nature of science – we present the concepts underpinning biology and a survey of its historical and philosophical basis.

Philosophy of Biology Before Biology

Author : Cécilia Bognon-Küss
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317227557
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Book Synopsis Philosophy of Biology Before Biology by : Cécilia Bognon-Küss

Download or read book Philosophy of Biology Before Biology written by Cécilia Bognon-Küss and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-02-11 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The use of the term "biology" to refer to a unified science of life emerged around 1800 (most prominently by scientists such as Lamarck and Treviranus, although scholarship has indicated its usage at least 30-40 years earlier). The interplay between philosophy and natural science has also accompanied the constitution of biology as a science. Philosophy of Biology Before Biology examines biological and protobiological writings from the mid-eighteenth century to the early nineteenth century (from Buffon to Cuvier; Kant to Oken; and Kielmeyer) with two major sets of questions in mind: What were the distinctive conceptual features of the move toward biology as a science? What were the relations and differences between the "philosophical" focus on the nature of living entities, and the "scientific" focus? This insightful volume produces a fresh but also systematic perspective both on the history of biology as a science and on the early versions of, in the 1960s in a post-positivist context, the philosophy of biology. It will appeal to students and researchers interested in fields such as history of science, philosophy of science and biology.

Biology, History, and Natural Philosophy

Author : A. D. Breck
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 146841965X
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (684 download)

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Book Synopsis Biology, History, and Natural Philosophy by : A. D. Breck

Download or read book Biology, History, and Natural Philosophy written by A. D. Breck and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world that peers over the brink of disaster more often than not it is difficul t to find specific assignments for the scholarly community. One speaks of peace and brotherhood only to realize that for many the only real hope of making a contribution may seem to be in a field of scientific specialization seemingly irrelevant to social causes and problems. Yet the history of man since the beginnings of science in the days of the Greeks does not support this gloomy thesis. Time and again we have seen science precipitate social trends or changes in the humanistic beliefs that have a significant effect on. the scientific community. Not infrequently the theoretical scientist, triggered by society's changing goals and understandings, finds ultimate satisfaction in the work of his colleagues in engineering and the other applied fields. Thus the major debate in mid-nineteenth century in which the evidence of natural history and geology at variance with the Biblical feats provided not only courage to a timid Darwin but the kind of audience that was needed to fit his theories into the broad public dialogue on these topics. The impact of "Darwinism" was felt far beyond the scientific community. It affected social thought, upset religious certainties and greatly affected the teaching of science.

The Philosophy of Biology

Author : Kostas Kampourakis
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400765371
Total Pages : 765 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Philosophy of Biology written by Kostas Kampourakis and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-18 with total page 765 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together for the first time philosophers of biology to write about some of the most central concepts and issues in their field from the perspective of biology education. The chapters of the book cover a variety of topics ranging from traditional ones, such as biological explanation, biology and religion or biology and ethics, to contemporary ones, such as genomics, systems biology or evolutionary developmental biology. Each of the 30 chapters covers the respective philosophical literature in detail and makes specific suggestions for biology education. The aim of this book is to inform biology educators, undergraduate and graduate students in biology and related fields, students in teacher training programs, and curriculum developers about the current state of discussion on the major topics in the philosophy of biology and its implications for teaching biology. In addition, the book can be valuable to philosophers of biology as an introductory text in undergraduate and graduate courses.

Philosophy of Science for Biologists

Author : Kostas Kampourakis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108755437
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy of Science for Biologists written by Kostas Kampourakis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-24 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biologists rely on theories, apply models and construct explanations, but rarely reflect on their nature and structure. This book introduces key topics in philosophy of science to provide the required philosophical background for this kind of reflection, which is an important part of all aspects of research and communication in biology. It concisely and accessibly addresses fundamental questions such as: Why should biologists care about philosophy of science? How do concepts contribute to scientific advancement? What is the nature of scientific controversies in the biological sciences? Chapters draw on contemporary examples and case studies from across biology, making the discussion relevant and insightful. Written for researchers and advanced undergraduate and graduate students across the life sciences, its aim is to encourage readers to become more philosophically minded and informed to enable better scientific practice. It is also an interesting and pertinent read for philosophers of science.

Biology and Epistemology

Author : Richard Creath
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521597012
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Biology and Epistemology written by Richard Creath and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 2000, explores a range of diverse issues in the intersection of biology and epistemology.

Philosophy of Developmental Biology

Author : Marcel Weber
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108957536
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy of Developmental Biology written by Marcel Weber and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-04-21 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of developmental biology is interwoven with debates as to whether mechanistic explanations of development are possible or whether alternative explanatory principles or even vital forces need to be assumed. In particular, the demonstrated ability of embryonic cells to tune their developmental fate precisely to their relative position and the overall size of the embryo was once thought to be inexplicable in mechanistic terms. Taking a causal perspective, this Element examines to what extent and how developmental biology, having turned molecular about four decades ago, has been able to meet the vitalist challenge. It focuses not only on the nature of explanations but also on the usefulness of causal knowledge – including the knowledge of classical experimental embryology – for further scientific discovery. It also shows how this causal perspective allows us to understand the nature and significance of some key concepts, including organizer, signal and morphogen. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

How Biology Shapes Philosophy

Author : David Livingstone Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107055830
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book How Biology Shapes Philosophy written by David Livingstone Smith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of original essays by major thinkers, addressing how the biological sciences inform and inspire philosophical research.

Discovering Life, Manufacturing Life

Author : Pierre V. Vignais
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9048137675
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Discovering Life, Manufacturing Life written by Pierre V. Vignais and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-06-21 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Francis BACON, in his Novum Organum, Robert BOYLE, in his Skeptical Chemist and René DESCARTES, in his Discourse on Method; all of these men were witnesses to the th scientific revolution, which, in the 17 century, began to awaken the western world from a long sleep. In each of these works, the author emphasizes the role of the experimental method in exploring the laws of Nature, that is to say, the way in which an experiment is designed, implemented according to tried and tested te- niques, and used as a basis for drawing conclusions that are based only on results, with their margins of error, taking into account contemporary traditions and prejudices. Two centuries later, Claude BERNARD, in his Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine, made a passionate plea for the application of the experimental method when studying the functions of living beings. Twenty-first century Biology, which has been fertilized by highly sophisticated techniques inherited from Physics and Chemistry, blessed with a constantly increasing expertise in the manipulation of the genome, initiated into the mysteries of information techn- ogy, and enriched with the ever-growing fund of basic knowledge, at times appears to have forgotten its roots.

Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Science

Author : Daniel A. Wilkenfeld
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350068888
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Book Synopsis Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Science by : Daniel A. Wilkenfeld

Download or read book Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Science written by Daniel A. Wilkenfeld and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume gathers together leading philosophers of science and cognitive scientists from around the world to provide one of the first book-length studies of this important and emerging field. Specific topics considered include learning and the nature of scientific knowledge, the cognitive consequences of exposure to explanations, climate change, and mechanistic reasoning and abstraction. Chapters explore how experimental methods can be applied to questions about the nature of science and show how to fruitfully theorize about the nature and role of science with well-grounded empirical research. Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Science presents a new direction in the philosophical exploration of science and paves a path for those who might seek to pursue research in experimental philosophy of science.

Life and Evolution

Author : Lorenzo Baravalle
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030395898
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Life and Evolution written by Lorenzo Baravalle and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-04-10 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers to the international reader a collection of original articles of some of the most skillful historians and philosophers of biology currently working in Latin American universities. During the last decades, increasing attention has been paid in Latin America to the history and philosophy of biology, but since many local authors prefer to write in Spanish or in Portuguese, their ideas have barely crossed the boundaries of the continent. This volume aims to remedy this state of things, providing a good sample of this production to the English speaking readers, bringing together contributions from researchers working in Brazilian, Argentinean, Chilean, Colombian and Mexican universities. The stress on the regional provenance of the authors is not intended to suggest the existence of something like a Latin American history and philosophy of biology, supposedly endowed with distinctive features. On the contrary, the editors firmly believe that advances in this field can be achieved only by stimulating the integration in the international debate. Based on this assumption, the book focuses on two topics, life and evolution, and presents a selection of contributions addressing issues such as the history of the concept of life, the philosophical reflection on life manipulation and life extension, the structure and development of evolutionary theory as well as human evolution. Life and Evolution – Latin American Essays on the History and Philosophy of Biology will provide the international reader with a rather complete picture of the ongoing research in the history and philosophy of biology in Latin America, offering a snapshot of this dynamic community. It will also contribute to contextualize and develop the debate concerning life and evolution, and the relation between the two phenomena.

Philosophy of Microbiology

Author : Maureen O'Malley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107024250
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy of Microbiology written by Maureen O'Malley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-08-28 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filling a major gap in the philosophy of biology by examining central philosophical issues in microbiology, this book is aimed at philosophers and scientists who wish to gain insight into the basic philosophical issues of microbiology. Topics are drawn from evolutionary microbiology, microbial ecology, and microbial classification.