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The Explanatory Autonomy of the Biological Sciences (Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Science) - Softcover

Buch 26 von 34: Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Science

Fang, Wei

 
9780367707880: The Explanatory Autonomy of the Biological Sciences (Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Science)

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This book argues for the explanatory autonomy of the biological sciences. It does so by showing that scientific explanations in the biological sciences cannot be reduced to explanations in the fundamental sciences, and by demonstrating that biological explanations are advanced by models rather than laws of nature.

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Wei Fang is Associate Professor in the Research Centre for Philosophy of Science and Technology, Shanxi University, China. His research topics include scientific explanation, models and modeling, causal modeling, mechanisms, among others, and has published a number of papers in, among others, Philosophy of Science, Biology & Philosophy, and Synthese.

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