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Concepts, Theories, and Rationality in the Biological Sciences
Gereon Wolters & James G. Lennox (eds.)
Pittsburgh P.A./Konstanz, Germany: University of Pittsburgh Press/Universitätsverlag Konstanz (1995)
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Leading biologists and philosophers of biology discuss the basic theories and concepts of biology and their connections with ethics, economics, and psychology, providing a remarkably unified report on the “state of the art” in the philosophy of biologyAuthor Profiles
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