Description
| Product ID: | 9781108742306 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Elements in the Philosophy of Biology |
| Title: | Mechanisms in Molecular Biology |
| Authors: | Author: Tudor Baetu |
| Page Count: | 100 |
| Subjects: | Philosophy of science, Philosophy of science, Molecular biology, Molecular biology |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating In this Element, Tudor Baetu explores the metaphysical inquiry into how mechanisms relate to issues such as causation, capacities and levels of organization, and epistemic issues related to the discovery of mechanisms and the intelligibility of mechanistic representations. He shows how the gap between them can be bridged. The new mechanistic philosophy is divided into two largely disconnected projects. One deals with a metaphysical inquiry into how mechanisms relate to issues such as causation, capacities and levels of organization, while the other deals with epistemic issues related to the discovery of mechanisms and the intelligibility of mechanistic representations. Tudor Baetu explores and explains these projects, and shows how the gap between them can be bridged. His proposed account is compatible both with the assumptions and practices of experimental design in biological research, and with scientifically accepted interpretations of experimental results. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-10-10 |
