Philosophy and Revolutions in Genetics
Subtitle: Deep Science and Deep Technology
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: February 8, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780333964583
Subjects: Ethics & moral philosophy; Medical ethics; Science; Philosophy; Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Philosophy / Modern; Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects; Science-Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics; General; History & Surveys - General; History & Surveys - Modern; Genetic engineering; Genetics; Molecular genetics
First sentence: An artefact, to the lay mind, may conjure up a house or a car, but not the family dog or the rose bush in the garden.
Description: "This book explores the issues raised in the modern fields of genetic research and biotechnology. As philosophers try to make sense of the issues, the author primarily examines these from an ontological rather than an ethical/political standpoint. The book examines the two great revolutions in genetics in the last century - the development of classical Mendelian theory and the discovery of and research into DNA - and the respective technologies generated by these fundamental discoveries.

It is also an exercise in the philosophy of technology. The book's ontological approach enables the author to cast light on the current, yet unresolved problems in the field of genetics and biotechnology, for example, those problems raised in connection with the patenting of biotechnological products. The book will prove fascinating for any reader with an interest in the exciting philosophical problems raised by science and technology."--BOOK JACKET.