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Title Mapping the future of biology : evolving concepts and theories / editors, Anouk Barberousse, Michel Morange, Thomas Pradeu
Published [Dordrecht] : Springer, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (x, 173 pages) : illustrations
Series Boston studies in the philosophy of science ; 266
Boston studies in the philosophy of science ; 266
Contents 5050 Articulating different modes of explanation : the present boundary in biological research / Michel Morange -- Compromising positions : the minding of matter / Susan Oyama -- Abstractions, idealizations, and evolutionary biology / Peter Godfrey-Smith -- The adequacy of model systems for evo-devo : modeling the formation of organisms/modeling the formation of society / Scott F. Gilbert -- Niche construction in evolution, ecosystems and developmental biology / John Odling-Smee -- Novelty, plasticity and niche construction : the influence of phenotypic variation on evolution / Kim Sterelny -- The evolution of complexity / Mark A. Bedau -- Self-organization, self-assembly, and the origin of life / Evelyn Fox Keller -- Self-organization and complexity in evolutionary theory, or, in this life the bread always falls jammy side down / Michael Ruse
Summary Shows how biological models and theories are constructed. This book explores convergences between different models or theoretical frameworks
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Biology -- Philosophy.
Biology -- Forecasting
Philosophy.
Evolution (Biology)
Biology -- trends
Philosophy
Biological Evolution
philosophy.
evolution.
NATURE -- Reference.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- General.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology.
Biology -- Forecasting.
Biology -- Philosophy.
Sciences sociales.
Sciences humaines.
Philosophy
Evolution (Biology)
Biology -- Forecasting
Biology -- Philosophy
Biologisches Modell
Wissenschaftstheorie
Wissenschaftsentwicklung
Form Electronic book
Author Barberousse, Anouk
Morange, Michel
Pradeu, Thomas
ISBN 9781402096365
1402096364
9781402096358
1402096356