The Future of Scientific Practice
'Bio-Techno-Logos'
1st Edition
Published on 1. March 2015
Book
Hardback
248 pages
978-1-84893-562-4 (ISBN)
Description
Focusing on cell dynamics, molecular medicine and robotics, contributors explore the interplay between biological, technological and theoretical ways of thinking. The collection makes a strong contribution to current debates in the philosophy of science and the changing role of scientific practice.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
540 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84893-562-4 (9781848935624)
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Person
Marta Bertolaso is Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Science, Faculty of Engineering and Institute of Philosophy of the Scientific and Technological Practice, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome. She previously won the Philips National competition for Young Researchers with a study on 'Experimental verification of the initial events in germination' and is currently Visiting Fellow at Egenis, University of Exeter.
Content
Introduction - Philosophy within Science; Part I Biological Dynamics; Chapter 1 Microscopic and Macroscopic Insights on Dynamic Cell Behaviour, Kumar Selvarajoo; Chapter 2 News from the 'Twilight Zone': Protein Molecules between the Crystal and the Watch, Alessandro Giuliani; Chapter 3 Limits to Deterministic-Linear Causality in Biomedicine: Effects of Stochasticity and Non-Linearity in Molecular Networks, Sui Huang; Chapter 4 Embodied Intelligence in the Biomechatronic Design of Robots, Dino Accoto, Cecilia Laschi, Eugenio Guglielmelli; Part II Reflecting on Scientific Understanding and Understanding by Building; Chapter 5 Managing Complexity: Model-Building in Systems Biology and its Challenges for Philosophy of Science, Miles MacLeod; Chapter 6 Stratification and Biomedicine: How Philosophy Stems from Medicine and Biotechnology, F. Boem, G. Boniolo, Z. Pavelka; Chapter 7 Epistemology of Robotics: An Outline, Giampaolo Ghilardi; Part III Towards a Development of a Philosophy of Scientific Practice; Chapter 8 Prediction and Prescription in Biological Systems: The Role of Technology for Measurement and Transformation, Wenceslao J. Gonzalez; Chapter 9 Teleology and Mechanism in Biology, Marco Buzzoni; Chapter 10 Scientific Understanding and the Explanatory use of False Models, Antonio Dieguez; Chapter 11 Bio-Techno-Logos and Scientific Practice, M. Bertolaso, N. Di Stefano, G. Ghilardi, A. Marcos;