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Genetics and philosophy : an introduction / Paul Griffiths, Karola Stotz.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, (c)2013.Description: 1 online resource (280 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781107347649
  • 9781107341395
  • 9780511744082
  • 9781107345140
  • 9781107357266
  • 9781107234048
  • 9781107343894
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • QH447 .G464 2013
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
2. The physical gene -- 3. The behavioural gene -- 4. The reactive genome -- 5. Outside the gene -- 6. The informational gene -- 7. The evolving gene.
Subject: "In the past century, nearly all of the biological sciences have been directly affected by discoveries and developments in genetics, a fast-evolving subject with important theoretical dimensions. In this rich and accessible book, Paul Griffiths and Karola Stotz show how the concept of the gene has evolved and diversified across the many fields that make up modern biology. By examining the molecular biology of the 'environment', they situate genetics in the developmental biology of whole organisms, and reveal how the molecular biosciences have undermined the nature/nurture distinction. Their discussion gives full weight to the revolutionary impacts of molecular biology, while rejecting 'genocentrism' and 'reductionism', and brings the topic right up to date with the philosophical implications of the most recent developments in genetics. Their book will be invaluable for those studying the philosophy of biology, genetics and other life sciences"--
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Includes bibliographies and index.

"In the past century, nearly all of the biological sciences have been directly affected by discoveries and developments in genetics, a fast-evolving subject with important theoretical dimensions. In this rich and accessible book, Paul Griffiths and Karola Stotz show how the concept of the gene has evolved and diversified across the many fields that make up modern biology. By examining the molecular biology of the 'environment', they situate genetics in the developmental biology of whole organisms, and reveal how the molecular biosciences have undermined the nature/nurture distinction. Their discussion gives full weight to the revolutionary impacts of molecular biology, while rejecting 'genocentrism' and 'reductionism', and brings the topic right up to date with the philosophical implications of the most recent developments in genetics. Their book will be invaluable for those studying the philosophy of biology, genetics and other life sciences"--

1. Mendel's gene -- 2. The physical gene -- 3. The behavioural gene -- 4. The reactive genome -- 5. Outside the gene -- 6. The informational gene -- 7. The evolving gene.

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