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Télécharger le livre :  Explaining Photosynthesis
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Explaining Photosynthesis


Kärin Nickelsen


Recounting the compelling story of a scientific discovery that took more than a century to complete, this trail-blazing monograph focuses on methodological issues and is the first to delve into this subject. This book charts how the biochemical and biophysical...

Parution : 2015-06-17
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Télécharger le livre :  Explanation in Biology
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Explanation in Biology


Pierre-Alain Braillard , Christophe Malaterre


Patterns of explanation in biology have long been recognized as different from those deployed in other scientific disciplines, especially that of physics. Celebrating the diversity of interpretative models found in biology, this volume details their varying types as...

Parution : 2015-06-10
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Télécharger le livre :  Biological Autonomy
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Biological Autonomy


Alvaro Moreno , Matteo Mossio


Since Darwin, Biology has been framed on the idea of evolution by natural selection, which has profoundly influenced the scientific and philosophical comprehension of biological phenomena and of our place in Nature. This book argues that contemporary biology should...

Parution : 2015-05-04
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Télécharger le livre :  The DSM-5 in Perspective
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The DSM-5 in Perspective


Steeves Demazeux , Patrick Singy


Since its third edition in 1980, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) of the American Psychiatric Association has acquired a hegemonic role in the health care professions and has had a broad impact on the lay public. The publication in May...

Parution : 2015-02-28
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Télécharger le livre :  Current Perspectives on Sexual Selection
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Current Perspectives on Sexual Selection


Thierry Hoquet


This root-and-branch re-evaluation of Darwin’s concept of sexual selection tackles the subject from historical, epistemological and theoretical perspectives. Contributions from a wealth of disciplines have been marshaled for this volume, with key figures in behavioural...

Parution : 2015-01-28
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Télécharger le livre :  Classification, Disease and Evidence
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Classification, Disease and Evidence


Philippe Huneman , Gérard Lambert , Marc Silberstein


This anthology of essays presents a sample of studies from recent philosophy of medicine addressing issues which attempt to answer very general (interdependent) questions: (a) what is a disease and what is health? (b) How do we (causally) explain diseases? (c) And how...

Parution : 2014-10-15
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Télécharger le livre :  Brain, Mind and Consciousness in the History of Neuroscience
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Brain, Mind and Consciousness in the History of Neuroscience


C.U.M. Smith , Harry Whitaker


This volume of essays examines the problem of mind, looking at how the problem has appeared to neuroscientists (in the widest sense) from classical antiquity through to contemporary times. Beginning with a look at ventricular neuropsychology in antiquity, this book goes...

Parution : 2014-04-23
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Télécharger le livre :  On the Origin of Autonomy
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On the Origin of Autonomy


Bernd Rosslenbroich


This volume describes features of autonomy and integrates them into the recent discussion of factors in evolution. In recent years ideas about major transitions in evolution are undergoing a revolutionary change. They include questions about the origin of evolutionary...

Parution : 2014-04-15
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Télécharger le livre :  Entangled Life
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Entangled Life


Gillian Barker , Eric Desjardins , Trevor Pearce


This volume explores the interactions between organisms and their environments and how this “entanglement” is a fundamental aspect of all life. It brings together the work and ideas of historians, philosophers, biologists, and social scientists, uniting a range of new...

Parution : 2013-09-05
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Télécharger le livre :  Mechanism and Causality in Biology and Economics
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Mechanism and Causality in Biology and Economics


Hsiang-Ke Chao , Szu-Ting Chen , Roberta L. Millstein


This volume addresses fundamental issues in the philosophy of science in the context of two most intriguing fields: biology and economics. Written by authorities and experts in the philosophy of biology and economics, Mechanism and Causality in Biology and Economics...

Parution : 2013-07-31
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Télécharger le livre :  The Philosophy of Biology
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The Philosophy of Biology


Kostas Kampourakis


This book brings together for the first time philosophers of biology to write about some of the most central concepts and issues in their field from the perspective of biology education. The chapters of the book cover a variety of topics ranging from traditional ones,...

Parution : 2013-06-18
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Télécharger le livre :  Vitalism and the Scientific Image in Post-Enlightenment Life Science, 1800-2010
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Vitalism and the Scientific Image in Post-Enlightenment Life Science, 1800-2010


Sebastian Normandin , Charles T. Wolfe


Vitalism is understood as impacting the history of the life sciences, medicine and philosophy, representing an epistemological challenge to the dominance of mechanism over the last 200 years, and partly revived with organicism in early theoretical biology. The...

Parution : 2013-06-15
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