William C. Wimsatt is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago. He was awarded the 2013 David L. Hull Prize by the International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology.
9 Ebooks von James R. Griesemer
Linnda R. Caporael & James R. Griesemer: Developing Scaffolds in Evolution, Culture, and Cognition
Empirical and philosophical perspectives on scaffolding that highlight the role of temporal and temporary resources in development across concepts of culture, cognition, and evolution."Scaffoldi …
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€172.85
Linnda R. Caporael & James R. Griesemer: Developing Scaffolds in Evolution, Culture, and Cognition
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€75.90
Manfred D. Laubichler & Jane Maienschein: From Embryology to Evo-Devo
Historians, philosophers, sociologists, and biologists explore the history of the idea that embryological development and evolution are linked.Although we now know that ontogeny (individual developme …
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€89.59
Ellen Balka & Geoffrey C. Bowker: Boundary Objects and Beyond
The multifaceted work of the late Susan Leigh Star is explored through a selection of her writings and essays by friends and colleagues.Susan Leigh Star (1954-2010) was one of the most influential sc …
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€218.92
Snait B. Gissis & Ehud Lamm: Landscapes of Collectivity in the Life Sciences
Broad perspective on collectivity in the life sciences, from microorganisms to human consensus, and the theoretical and empirical opportunities and challenges.Many researchers and scholars in the lif …
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€154.07
Snait B. Gissis & Eva Jablonka: Transformations of Lamarckism
A reappraisal of Lamarckism-its historical impact and contemporary significance.In 1809-the year of Charles Darwin’s birth-Jean-Baptiste Lamarck published Philosophie zoologique, the first comprehens …
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€178.65
Mario Biagioli & Alexandra Lippman: Gaming the Metrics
How the increasing reliance on metrics to evaluate scholarly publications has produced new forms of academic fraud and misconduct.The traditional academic imperative to "publish or perish" …
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€96.50
Mark A. Bedau & Liaohai Chen: Protocells
The first comprehensive general resource on state-of-the-art protocell research, describing current approaches to making new forms of life from scratch in the laboratory. Protocells offers a comprehe …
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€153.59
Daniel S. Brooks & James DiFrisco: Levels of Organization in the Biological Sciences
Scientific philosophers examine the nature and significance of levels of organization, a core structural principle in the biological sciences.This volume examines the idea of levels of organization a …
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€154.40
