Reasoning in Biological Discoveries

Essays on Mechanisms, Interfield Relations, and Anomaly Resolution

By:

Lindley Darden

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Series:

Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology

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Reasoning in Biological Discoveries brings together a series of essays, which focus on one of the most heavily debated topics of scientific discovery. Collected together and richly illustrated, Darden's essays represent a groundbreaking 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. 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.

Author Biography:

Lindley Darden is Professor of Philosophy and in the Committee for Philosophy and the Sciences at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is the author of Theory Change in Science: Strategies from Mendelian Genetics, as well as numerous articles in history and philosophy of science journals. Elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1995, she served as President of the International Society for History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology from 2001 to 2003.

Release date Australia

June 26th, 2006

Author

Lindley Darden

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

10 Tables, unspecified

Pages

372

Series

Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology

Dimensions

156x234x29

ISBN-13

9780521858878

Product ID

2399216

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