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1010229
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b764599
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Rosenberg, Alexander,1946-
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Darwinian reductionism, or, How to stop worrying and love molecular biology /\ Alex Rosenberg.
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 2006.
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1 online resource (x, 263 pages)
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0226727319
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: 1281966371
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: 6611966374
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: 9780226727318
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: 9781281966377
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: 9786611966379
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0226727297
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9780226727295
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-247) and index.
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| Contents
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Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 What Was Reductionism?; 2 Reductionism and DevelopmentalMolecular Biology; 3 Are There Really Informational Genesand Developmental Programs?; 4 Dobzhansky's Dictum and the Natureof Biological Explanation; 5 Central Tendencies and IndividualOrganisms; 6 Making Natural Selection Safe forReductionists; 7 Genomics, Human History, andCooperation; 8 How Darwinian ReductionismRefutes Genetic Determinism; References; Index.
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In the spirit of the few biologists who accept reductionalism this text provides a philosophically sophisticated defense of reductionism and applies it to molecular developmental biology and the theory of natural selection, proving that the physicalist must also be a reductionist.
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Biology-- Philosophy.
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Molecular biology-- Philosophy.
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Reductionism.
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Biology-- Philosophy.
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Molecular biology-- Philosophy.
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Reductionism.
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SCIENCE-- Life Sciences-- Molecular Biology.
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Molecular Biology.
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Darwinisme.
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Filosofische aspecten.
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Moleculaire biologie.
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Reductie (filosofie)
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Biology.
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Philosophy.
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| Dewey Classification
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572.8
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QH506.R654 2006eb
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2006 L-127
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QH 506R813d 2006
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| Parallel Title
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Darwinian reductionism
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: How to stop worrying and love molecular biology
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