Instrumental Biology, or The Disunity of Science
204 pages
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6 x 9
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© 1994
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Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Biology as an Instrumental Science
Chapter 2: Whatever Happened to Reductionism, and Why?
Chapter 3: Reductionism and Explanation in Molecular Biology
Chapter 4: Evolution, Drift, and Subjective Probability
Chapter 5: Biological Instrumentalism and the Levels of Selection
Chapter 6: Theories and Models, Replicators and Interactors
Chapter 7: Instrumental Biology and Intentional Psychology
Chapter 8: Biology and the Behavioral Sciences
Bibliography
Index
Chapter 1: Biology as an Instrumental Science
Chapter 2: Whatever Happened to Reductionism, and Why?
Chapter 3: Reductionism and Explanation in Molecular Biology
Chapter 4: Evolution, Drift, and Subjective Probability
Chapter 5: Biological Instrumentalism and the Levels of Selection
Chapter 6: Theories and Models, Replicators and Interactors
Chapter 7: Instrumental Biology and Intentional Psychology
Chapter 8: Biology and the Behavioral Sciences
Bibliography
Index
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