Description:Knowledge of Life Today presents the thoughts of Jean Gayon, a major philosopher of science in France who is recognized across the Atlantic, especially for his work in philosophy and the history of life sciences. The book is structured around Gayon's personal answers to questions put forward by Victor Petit. This approach combines scientific rigor and risk-taking in answers that go back to the fundamentals of the subject.As well as the relationship between philosophy and the history of science, Gayon discusses the main questions of the history and philosophy of biology that marked his intellectual journey: Darwin, evolutionary biology, genetics and molecular biology, human evolution, and various aspects of the relationship between biology and society in contemporary times (racism, eugenics, biotechnology, biomedicine, etc.).TABLE OF CONTENTS1. Philosophy of Biology.2. Darwin and Darwinism.3. Genetics.4. Biology and Society.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Knowledge of Life Today: Conversations on Biology (Jean Gayon interviewed by Victor Petit) (Interdisciplinarity, Science and Humanities). To get started finding Knowledge of Life Today: Conversations on Biology (Jean Gayon interviewed by Victor Petit) (Interdisciplinarity, Science and Humanities), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Wiley-ISTE
Release
2019
ISBN
1119610486
Knowledge of Life Today: Conversations on Biology (Jean Gayon interviewed by Victor Petit) (Interdisciplinarity, Science and Humanities)
Description: Knowledge of Life Today presents the thoughts of Jean Gayon, a major philosopher of science in France who is recognized across the Atlantic, especially for his work in philosophy and the history of life sciences. The book is structured around Gayon's personal answers to questions put forward by Victor Petit. This approach combines scientific rigor and risk-taking in answers that go back to the fundamentals of the subject.As well as the relationship between philosophy and the history of science, Gayon discusses the main questions of the history and philosophy of biology that marked his intellectual journey: Darwin, evolutionary biology, genetics and molecular biology, human evolution, and various aspects of the relationship between biology and society in contemporary times (racism, eugenics, biotechnology, biomedicine, etc.).TABLE OF CONTENTS1. Philosophy of Biology.2. Darwin and Darwinism.3. Genetics.4. Biology and Society.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Knowledge of Life Today: Conversations on Biology (Jean Gayon interviewed by Victor Petit) (Interdisciplinarity, Science and Humanities). To get started finding Knowledge of Life Today: Conversations on Biology (Jean Gayon interviewed by Victor Petit) (Interdisciplinarity, Science and Humanities), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.