Studies in the philosophy of biology: reduction and related problems

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Berkeley: University of California Press. Edited by Francisco J. Ayala & Theodosius Dobzhansky (1974)
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. Introductory Remarks THEODOSIUS DOBZHANSKY The problems of reduction in biology are currently of considerable theoretical interest and practical ...

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QH331.S86 1974b

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Introduction to studies in the philosophy of biology.F. J. Ayala
19. The Concept of Biological Progress.Francisco J. Ayala
11.'Downward Causation'in Hierarchically Organised Biological Systems.Donald T. Campbell
The conference on'Problems of Reduction in Biology'was held in Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio, Italy, from 9 to 16 September 1972. Francisco J. Ayala Department of Genetics University of California. [REVIEW]Expérimentale des Populations
18. Chance and Creativity in Evolution.Theodosius Dobzhansky
20. On Chance and Necessity.Jacques Monod
16. Scientific Reduction and the Essential Incompleteness of All Science.K. R. Popper
15. Polynomistic Determination of Biological Processes.Bernhard Rensch
12. On the Relations Between Compositional and Evolutionary Theories.Dudley Shapere
8. Reductionism in Biology.W. H. Thorpe

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