The immune self
Subtitle: theory or metaphor?
By: Alfred I. Tauber.
Series: Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
Subjects: Immunology -- Philosophy.; Immunology -- History.
Description: The Immune Self is a critical study of immunology from its origins at the end of the nineteenth century to its contemporary formulation. The book offers the first extended philosophical critique of immunology, in which the function of the term "self" that underlies the structure of current immune theory is analyzed. However, this analysis is carefully integrated into a broad survey of the major scientific developments in immunology, a discussion of their historical context, and a review of the conceptual arguments that have molded this sophisticated modern science.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-346) and index.