The Future of Scientific Practice

'Bio-Techno-Logos'
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-84893-562-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 540 g

Reihe: History and Philosophy of Technoscience

Focusing on cell dynamics, molecular medicine and robotics, contributors explore the interplay between biological, technological and theoretical ways of thinking. The collection makes a strong contribution to current debates in the philosophy of science and the changing role of scientific practice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bertolaso, Marta

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Naturwissenschaften, Technik, Medizin
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technologie: Soziale & Ethische Aspekte
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Molekularbiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction – Philosophy within Science; Part I Biological Dynamics; Chapter 1 Microscopic and Macroscopic Insights on Dynamic Cell Behaviour, Kumar Selvarajoo; Chapter 2 News from the ‘Twilight Zone’: Protein Molecules between the Crystal and the Watch, Alessandro Giuliani; Chapter 3 Limits to Deterministic-Linear Causality in Biomedicine: Effects of Stochasticity and Non-Linearity in Molecular Networks, Sui Huang; Chapter 4 Embodied Intelligence in the Biomechatronic Design of Robots, Dino Accoto, Cecilia Laschi, Eugenio Guglielmelli; Part II Reflecting on Scientific Understanding and Understanding by Building; Chapter 5 Managing Complexity: Model-Building in Systems Biology and its Challenges for Philosophy of Science, Miles MacLeod; Chapter 6 Stratification and Biomedicine: How Philosophy Stems from Medicine and Biotechnology, F. Boem, G. Boniolo, Z. Pavelka; Chapter 7 Epistemology of Robotics: An Outline, Giampaolo Ghilardi; Part III Towards a Development of a Philosophy of Scientific Practice; Chapter 8 Prediction and Prescription in Biological Systems: The Role of Technology for Measurement and Transformation, Wenceslao J. Gonzalez; Chapter 9 Teleology and Mechanism in Biology, Marco Buzzoni; Chapter 10 Scientific Understanding and the Explanatory use of False Models, Antonio Diéguez; Chapter 11 Bio-Techno-Logos and Scientific Practice, M. Bertolaso, N. Di Stefano, G. Ghilardi, A. Marcos;

Über Autor(innen)

Bertolaso, Marta