Philosophy of life science

Beijing Normal University Press (2006)
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本书共分九章内容:第一章论述了生命科学哲学兴起的背景,区分了生命科学哲学研究中的两种理论倾向,指出了生命科学哲学研究的主要问题,最后介绍了国内外生命科学哲学研究的进展;第二章分析了这种解释方式的合理性及其与因果性解释方式的关系,并由此进一步讨论了生命科学的自主性问题;第三章从不同方面较详细地论述了正反两方面论证的依据,并对各种观点进行了比较,说明生物学理论缺少规律的原因;第四章讨论了还原概念和突现概念的历史发展,分析了它们各自的认识论和本体论原因,指出了它们各自的优点和局限,最后指出了超越它们的途径;第五章着重讨论了进化论的统计特性与进化过程的决定论和非决定论问题;第六章讨论了生命难以定义的各种原因,论述了定义生命的两种主要方法;第七章指出了人工生命提出的主要的哲学问题,从不同角度论证了强人工生命的可能性,分析了数字生命的实在论地位,揭示了人工生命所蕴含计算主义世界观;第八章分析了人类基因组研究的价值及其所可能引起的伦理和法律问题;第九章总结了8年来关于人类克隆的主要争论和观点,并揭示了这些争论给我们的启示。

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