Discovery and Explanation in Biology and Medicine

List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Introduction: The Scope and Aim of This Book2. Discovery in the Biomedical Sciences: Logic or Intuitive Genius (or Both)?3. Theories and "Laws" in Biology and Medicine4. The Logic and Methodology of Empirical Testing in Biology and Medicine5. Evaluation: Local and Global Approaches6. Explanation and Causation in Biology and Medicine: General Considerations7. Historicity, Historical Explanations, and Evolutionary Theory8. Functional Analysis and Teleological Explanation9. Reduction and Reductionism in Biology and Medicine10. Conclusion and Research Issues for the FutureNotesBibliographyIndex

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Kenneth F. Schaffner
• Verlag: University Presses
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 10.02.1994
• EAN: 9780226735924
• ISBN: 978-0-226-73592-4
• Seiten: 528
• Abmessung: 16 mm x 23 mm x 4 mm
• Gewicht: 964 g
• Serien: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S.; Science & Its Conceptual Found; Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S.; Science & its Conceptual Foundations Series SCF (CHUP); Science & its Conceptual Foundations Series SCF; Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Medizin; Medical research, MEDICAL / Research