Promises and Limits of Reductionism in the Biomedical Sciences Marc van Regenmortel, David Hull. Chichester: John Wiley, 2002. ISBN 0-471-49850-5. 377 pp. L80.
The book consists of series of papers presented by eminent scientists and philosophers of science at a conference held in May 2000. The aim of the conference was to permit scientists and philosophers the opportunity to discuss the merits and limits of a reductionist approach to research in molecular and cell biology, evolutionary psychology and the practice of medicine.
Included are chapters on emergent properties of biological molecules and cells; pitfalls of reductionism in immunology; reductionism in medicine; …
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