Reasoning in biological discoveries : essays on mechanisms, interfield relations, and anomaly resolution /
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| Author / Creator: | Darden, Lindley, author. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 346 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11812544 |
| Summary: | Reasoning in Biological Discoveries brings together a series of essays which focus on one of the most heavily debated topics of scientific discovery today. Collected together and richly illustrated for the first time in this edition, Darden's essays represent a ground-breaking foray into one of the major problems facing scientists and philosophers of science. Divided into three sections, the essays focus on broad themes, notably historical and philosophical issues at play in discussions of biological mechanism; and the problem of developing and refining reasoning strategies, including interfield relations and anomaly resolution. Published here for the first time, Darden summarizes the philosophy of discovery and elaborates on the role that mechanisms play in biological discovery. Throughout the book, she uses historical case studies to extract advisory reasoning strategies for discovery. Examples in genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, immunology, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology reveal the process of discovery in action. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 346 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-335) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511242243 0511242247 9780511498442 0511498446 0511240783 9780511240782 0511241305 9780511241307 9780521858878 0521858879 |