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Processes of Life - Essays in the Philosophy of Biology (Hardcover)
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Processes of Life - Essays in the Philosophy of Biology (Hardcover)
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John Dupre explores recent revolutionary developments in biology
and considers their relevance for our understanding of human nature
and human society. Epigenetics and related areas of molecular
biology have eroded the exceptional status of the gene and
presented the genome as fully interactive with the rest of the
cell. Developmental systems theory provides a space for a vision of
evolution that takes full account of the fundamental importance of
developmental processes. Dupre shows the importance of microbiology
for a proper understanding of the living world, and reveals how it
subverts such basic biological assumptions as the organisation of
biological kinds on a branching tree of life, and the simple
traditional conception of the biological organism.
These topics are considered in the context of a view of science as
realistically grounded in the natural order, but at the same time
as pluralistic and inextricably integrated within a social and
normative context. The volume includes a section that recapitulates
and expands some of the author's general views on science; a
section addressing a range of topics in biology, including the
significance of genomics, the nature of the organism and the
current status of evolutionary theory; and a section exploring some
implications of contemporary biology for humans, for example on the
reality or unreality of human races, and the plasticity of human
nature.
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