Doing Integrated History and Philosophy of Science: A Case Study of the Origin of Genetics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)

This book offers an integrated historical and philosophical examination of the origin of genetics. The author contends that an integrated HPS analysis helps us to have a better understanding of the history of genetics, and sheds light on some general issues in the philosophy of science. This book consists of three parts. It begins with historical problems, revisiting the significance of the work of Mendel, de Vries, and Weldon. Then it turns to integrated HPS problems, developing an exemplar-based analysis of the development and the progress in early genetics. Finally, it discusses philosophical problems: conceptual change, evidence, and theory choice. Part I lays out a new historiography, serving as a basis for the discussions in part II and part III. Part II introduces a new integrated HPS method to analyse and interpret the historiography in Part I and to re-examine the philosophical issues in Part III. Part III develops new philosophical accounts which will in turn make a better sense of the history of scientific practice more generally. This book provides a practical defence of integrated HPS: the best way to defend integrated HPS is to do it.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 320
Release date:	August 2020
First published:	2020
Authors:	Yafeng Shan
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	197
Edition:	1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-050616-2
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge
LSN:	3-03-050616-9
Barcode:	9783030506162

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