Processes of life : essays in the philosophy of biology / John Dupré.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dupré, John, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biology--Philosophy.

Biology.

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Life sciences--Philosophy.

Life sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 350 pages)

Other Title:

Essays in the philosophy of biology

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

John Dupre explores recent revolutionary developments in biology and considers their relevance for our understanding of human nature and society. He reveals how the advance of genetic science is changing our view of the constituents of life.

Contents:

[Pt.] I. Science. The miracle of monism

What's the fuss about social constructivism?

The inseparability of science and values

[pt.] II. Biology. The constituents of life 1 : species, microbes, and genes

The constituents of life 2 : organisms and systems

Understanding contemporary genomics

The polygenomic organism

It is not possible to reduce biological explanations to explanations in chemistry and/or physics

Postgenomic Darwinism

[pt.] III. Microbes. Size doesn't matter : towards a more inclusive philosophy of biology / with Maureen A. O'Malley

Metagenomics and biological ontology / with Maureen A. O'Malley

Varieties of living things : life at the intersection of lineage and metabolism / with Maureen O'Malley

Emerging sciences and new conceptions of disease : or, beyond the monogenomic differentiated cell lineage

[pt.] IV. Humans. Against maladaptationism : or, what's wrong with evolutionary psychology

What genes are, and why there are no 'genes for race'

Causality and human nature in the social sciences.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Apr. 18, 2012).

ISBN:

0-19-870122-5

1-280-49951-6

9786613594747

0-19-162948-0