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Instrumental Biology, or The Disunity of Science

By: Alexander Rosenberg

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Hardcover | 1 November 1994 | Edition Number 1

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Do the sciences aim to uncover the structure of nature, or are they ultimately a practical means of controlling our environment?
In "Instrumental Biology, or the Disunity of Science, " Alexander Rosenberg argues that while physics and chemistry can develop laws that reveal the structure of natural phenomena, biology is fated to be a practical, instrumental discipline. Because of the complexity produced by natural selection, and because of the limits on human cognition, scientists are prevented from uncovering the basic structure of biological phenomena. Consequently, biology and all of the disciplines that rest upon it--psychology and the other human sciences--must aim at most to provide practical tools for coping with the natural world rather than a complete theoretical understanding of it.

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Non-Fiction Science Biology, Life Sciences Science in General Impact of Science & Technology on Society Philosophy Philosophy of Science

Acknowledgments
Biology as an Instrumental Science
Whatever Happened to Reductionism, and Why?
Reductionism and Explanation in Molecular Biology
Evolution, Drift, and Subjective Probability
Biological Instrumentalism and the Levels of Selection
Theories and Models, Replicators and Interactors
Instrumental Biology and Intentional Psychology
Biology and the Behavioral Sciences
Bibliography
Index
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