Explaining Cancer - Finding Order in Disorder

This book engages several philosophical questions about cancer: What is cancer? Is it one or many? How do cell and molecular biologists, epidemiologists and evolutionary biologists think about and explain cancer?

Table des matières

• Introduction


• Chapter 1: Cancer: Natural, Social and Medical Kind


• Chapter 2: From Disease to Risk


• Chapter 3: Causation, Causal Selection and Causal Parity


• Chapter 4: Evidence and Environmental Epidemiology: A Pragmatic Approach


• Chapter 5: Explaining Cancer from an Evolutionary Perspective


• Chapter 6: Explanation


• Conclusion


• Bibliography


• Index

A propos de l'auteur

Anya Plutynski received her Ph.D. in Philosophy, and her M.A. in Biology, both from the University of Pennsylvania. She currently teaches philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis.

Résumé

This book engages several philosophical questions about cancer: What is cancer? Is it one or many? How do cell and molecular biologists, epidemiologists and evolutionary biologists think about and explain cancer?

Texte suppl.

...for those who care about philosophy of science, the book illustrates how cancer can be a rich case study. In addition, the systematic investigation of traditional philosophical debates applied to cancer that Plutynski pursues in this book makes it a great resource for teaching. For those who care about cancer, the book illustrates the need to develop more 'bottom up' philosophical approaches.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Anya Plutynski, Anya (Associate Professor Plutynski, Plutynski Anya
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9780197642504
• ISBN: 978-0-19-764250-4
• Pages: 278
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Philosophie > Général, dictionnaires; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Médecine > Spécialités non cliniques; Epidemiology & medical statistics, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Popular philosophy, MEDICAL / Oncology / General, Epidemiology and Medical statistics