Darwinian reductionism, or, How to stop worrying and love molecular biology / Alex Rosenberg.
In the spirit of the few biologists who accept reductionalism this text provides a philosophically sophisticated defense of reductionism and applies it to molecular developmental biology and the theory of natural selection, proving that the physicalist must also be a reductionist.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press,
2006.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | In the spirit of the few biologists who accept reductionalism this text provides a philosophically sophisticated defense of reductionism and applies it to molecular developmental biology and the theory of natural selection, proving that the physicalist must also be a reductionist. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 263 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-247) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226727318 0226727319 1281966371 9781281966377 9786611966379 6611966374 |
| Language: | English. |