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Author:   Cor van der Weele
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9780791440469

ISBN 10:   079144046
Pages:   182
Publication Date:   07 January 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Foreword 1. Introduction: How to Understand Development? Choices Three Approaches to Development Metaphors and Science Environmental Influence: A General Picture Is Not Enough Morality Relationships with Other Discussions 2. Three Casual Approaches Metaphors Surrounding DNA Segmentation in Drosophila Switches and Responses Fields/Structures: Goodwin versus Neo-Darwinsim Networks/Constructions Comparison and Conclusions 3. Explanations in their Theoretical Context Completeness and the Ideal Explanatory Text The Ideal Text and Pragmatism Trade-Offs Linguistic Choices: Metaphors Casual Explanation: Differences Casual Explanation in Genetics What Is Relational Causation Structuralist Causation Contructionist Causation Similarities and Differences Implications for the Pragmatics of Casual Explanation 4. Development and Evolution Integrating Separate Disciplines Proximate and Ultimate Causes Internal versus External Causes Integration: Internal Constraints? Different Roles for the Environment Epigenetics and Evolution Developmental Systems and the Boundary Problem 5. Environmental Causes in Ontogeny Conceptual Tools: Norms of Reaction ... And Polyphenisms Epigenetics: Study of Gene Regulation Heat-Shock Proteins Making a Difference Abnormal Environments Toward an Ecology of Development 6. Ethics of Attention Garfinkel and Value-Laden Explanations Nonmoral Motives: Positivity Bias Casual Choices and their Context Contested Scientific Choices Ethics of Attention Notes References Coda Index

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Images of Development introduces biology and philosophy for specialists and, at the same time, for readers not acquainted with one or both of these fields. The amazing thing is that, as one continues reading, one notices after a while that the two disciplines merge in such a way that you can't tell them apart anymore. This is philosophy of biology at its best. This book offers a perspective on developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, and relations between these disciplines which is entirely new. In forging relations, it uncovers minor and major biases, not least those concerning overemphases on genetics. This ultimately leads to a view of relations between ethics and science which should have profound consequences for ethics and science alike. - Wim J. van der Steen, author of A Practical Philosophy for the Life Sciences Van der Weele covers many important topics and relates them to each other very well. The focus on environmental causes is a welcome counterbalance to overemphasis on the gene, and her discussion of the pragmatics of science is timely. - Susan Oyama, John Jay College, City University of New York and CUNY Graduate School

"""Images of Development introduces biology and philosophy for specialists and, at the same time, for readers not acquainted with one or both of these fields. The amazing thing is that, as one continues reading, one notices after a while that the two disciplines merge in such a way that you can't tell them apart anymore. This is philosophy of biology at its best. ""This book offers a perspective on developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, and relations between these disciplines which is entirely new. In forging relations, it uncovers minor and major biases, not least those concerning overemphases on genetics. This ultimately leads to a view of relations between ethics and science which should have profound consequences for ethics and science alike."" - Wim J. van der Steen, author of A Practical Philosophy for the Life Sciences ""Van der Weele covers many important topics and relates them to each other very well. The focus on environmental causes is a welcome counterbalance to overemphasis on the gene, and her discussion of the pragmatics of science is timely."" - Susan Oyama, John Jay College, City University of New York and CUNY Graduate School"

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Cor van der Weele is Assistant Professor of Science and Ethics at Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

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