Vorms, Marion (2014) Le rôle des diagrammes et des schémas dans l’activité théorique en biologie. In: Hoquet, T. and Merlin, F. (eds.) Précis de philosophie de la biologie. Paris, France: Vuibert, pp. 125-143. ISBN 9782311400199.
Abstract
The philosophy of biology is an extremely active area of research in the Anglo-American philosophical tradition . It brings together philosophers and biologists around the question of the definition of fundamental concepts : gene, cell, organism , species , development , evolution, adaptation, etc. This book, which contains contributions of about thirty French and foreign specialists , has 24 chapters in the state of current research in all major fields of biology . It can be used as a textbook for courses in philosophy of science at the Master level . Summary : Introduction: What is the philosophy of biology I. The theoretical framework of biology 1. Intra -disciplinary Structuring - Structuring 2. interdisciplinary - 3. General Biology and Philosophy of Science II . Ontology of biology 1. The furniture of the biological world - 2. Dynamics and processes
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| Item Type: | Book Section |
|---|---|
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Psychological Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Sarah Hall |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Jan 2016 15:14 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:21 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/14000 |
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