Reasoning in Biological Discoveries
Subtitle: Essays on Mechanisms, Interfield Relations, and Anomaly Resolution (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 26, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780521858878
Subjects: Biology, Life Sciences; Philosophy of science; Philosophy; General; Philosophy / General; Mechanism (Philosophy); Reference; Biology
First sentence: In many fields of science what is taken to be a satisfactory explanation requires providing a description of a mechanism.