Genetics and Philosophy - An Introduction

Informationen zum Autor Paul Griffiths is University Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Sydney. He is the author of What Emotions Really Are: The Problem of Psychological Categories (1997) and Sex and Death: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Biology (with K. Sterelny, 1999). He is the editor of Trees of Life: Essays in Philosophy of Biology (1992), Biology and Philosophy (2000) and Cycles of Contingency: Developmental Systems and Evolution (with S. Oyama and R. D. Gray, 2001). Karola Stotz is an Australian Research Fellow at the University of Sydney in the project 'Postgenomic Perspectives on Human Nature'. She is the editor of Genes, Genomes and Genetic Elements (2004), Reconciling Nature and Nurture in the Study of Behavior and Cognition Research (with C. Allen, 2008) and Philosophy in the Trenches: From Naturalized Philosophy to Experimental Philosophy (of Science) (2009). Klappentext This book integrates the work of philosophers of science seeking to make sense of genetics with an accessible introduction to the science. Zusammenfassung This volume documents how the molecular biosciences have outgrown the nature/nurture distinction! and situates genetics in the context of the developmental biology of whole organisms. For those studying the philosophy of biology! genetics! and other life sciences. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Mendel's gene; 2. The physical gene; 3. The behavioural gene; 4. The reactive genome; 5. Outside the gene; 6. The informational gene; 7. The evolving gene.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Griffiths, Paul Stotz Griffiths, Karola Stotz, Stotz Karola
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.04.2013
• EAN: 9780521173902
• ISBN: 978-0-521-17390-2
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy and Biology; Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy and Biology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Science: general issues, Philosophy, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Biology, life sciences, Life sciences: general issues, Genetics (non-medical)