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In Search of Mechanisms : Discoveries Across the Life Sciences by Lindley Darden
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- ISBN
- 9780226039794
- Subject Area
- Science, Philosophy
- Publication Name
- In Search of Mechanisms : Discoveries Across the Life Sciences
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Subject
- Philosophy & Social Aspects, General, History, Life Sciences / Biology
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Item Weight
- 13.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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Neuroscientists investigate the mechanisms of spatial memory. Molecular biologists study the mechanisms of protein synthesis and the myriad mechanisms of gene regulation. Ecologists study nutrient cycling mechanisms and their devastating imbalances in estuaries such as the Chesapeake Bay. In fact, much of biology and its history involves biologists constructing, evaluating, and revising their understanding of mechanisms. With In Search of Mechanisms , Carl F. Craver and Lindley Darden offer both a descriptive and an instructional account of how biologists discover mechanisms. Drawing on examples from across the life sciences and through the centuries, Craver and Darden compile an impressive toolbox of strategies that biologists have used and will use again to reveal the mechanisms that produce, underlie, or maintain the phenomena characteristic of living things. They discuss the questions that figure in the search for mechanisms, characterizing the experimental, observational, and conceptual considerations used to answer them, all the while providing examples from the history of biology to highlight the kinds of evidence and reasoning strategies employed to assess mechanisms. At a deeper level, Craver and Darden pose a systematic view of what biology is, of how biology makes progress, of how biological discoveries are and might be made, and of why knowledge of biological mechanisms is important for the future of the human species.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
022603979x
ISBN-13
9780226039794
eBay Product ID (ePID)
15038259529
Product Key Features
Publication Name
In Search of Mechanisms : Discoveries Across the Life Sciences
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Philosophy & Social Aspects, General, History, Life Sciences / Biology
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Science, Philosophy
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
13.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Lc Classification Number
Qh331.C898 2013
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A well-written and well-thought-out book that goes into the thought processes of scientists and how they work. Scientists may use a different vocabulary to describe how they work, but they will benefit from the insights of Craver and Darden as they explore how scientists in anatomy, physiology, genetics, developmental biology, and neuroscience worked out some of the major findings of the 20th century., Very few books truly integrate history and philosophy of science; this is one of them. Its goals are philosophical, but the rich tapestry of history of science that it brings to bear in, and around, the quest to understand mechanisms is impressive. . . . It will be a valuable addition to biology, history, and philosophy library collections. Highly recommended., It is a pleasure to read how investigators proceed from How…possibly? to How…actually , from rough black box sketches on napkins to 'glass boxes' whose inner workings are fully revealed…. [A] readable, recommended book., [Craver and Darden] succeed admirably in their main explanatory purpose--to illuminate for a larger public, the workings of the engine of scientific discovery., It is a pleasure to read how investigators proceed from How...possibly? to How...actually , from rough black box sketches on napkins to 'glass boxes' whose inner workings are fully revealed.... [A] readable, recommended book., Craver and Darden have played a key role in shifting the attention of philosophers to mechanisms over the last decade. The literature on mechanisms in philosophy of science is now vast and for good reason: If we want to understand how the majority of biological research is done today, we have to understand how scientists reason about mechanisms. . . . In Search of Mechanisms provides a unique and accessible contribution to both studies of science and science itself., Carl F. Craver and Lindley Darden eloquently describe the discovery of mechanisms and reasoning about them and show how mechanisms provide an integrative way of understanding the unity of biology. This book ranges across many areas of biology and is highly readable, with rich examples and a minimum of philosophical jargon. It substantially advances the philosophy and history of science and can seriously help biologists to understand their own work., Carl F. Craver and Lindley Darden eloquently describe the discovery of mechanisms and reasoning about them and show how mechanisms provide an integrative way of understanding the unity of biology. This book ranges across many areas of biology and is highly readable, with rich examples and a minimum of philosophical jargon. It substantially advances the philosophy and history of science and can seriously help biologists to understand their own work., Pioneers in the new philosophy of science, Carl F. Craver and Lindley Darden have produced the first systematic yet highly accessible analysis of what mechanisms are and how they figure in explanations, especially in the biological sciences. Loaded with clear examples, the authors provide a richly illustrated account of how scientists discover and investigate mechanisms and revise their accounts of them over time. The authors show in a compelling manner how research on mechanisms is often the focus of research integrating multiple fields of biology. Anyone from a beginning undergraduate to a professional biologist or philosopher will find his or her understanding of biology enriched by this book., A highly readable and disciplinarily diverse compendium of the varieties of mechanisms encountered in biological systems and the means by which they are studied. For this reason, and the fact that much of the substantial earlier material on this subject was written by the two authors, Carl Craver and Lindley Darden, individually and jointly, it is likely to be the classic reference in this area for many years. . . . This is a needed work on a critical biological subject, and it is implemented in a wide-ranging and accessible fashion., A particularly refreshing aspect of Craver and Darden's account is that it does not advocate for one particular point of view while criticizing the arguments of others. Instead, the different aspects of mechanistic research (and thus its complexity and diversity) are laid out, well illustrated by a variety of examples from such different biological fields as molecular genetics, physiology, and neuroscience, often--though not exclusively--from the twentieth century.
Table of Content
Table of Contents List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Introduction: Discovering Mechanisms Chapter 2 Biological Mechanisms Chapter 3 Representing Biological Mechanisms Chapter 4 Characterizing the Phenomenon Chapter 5 Strategies for Mechanism Schema Construction Chapter 6 Virtues and Vices of Mechanism Schemas Chapter 7 Constraints on Mechanism Schemas Chapter 8 Experiments and the Search for Mechanisms Chapter 9 Strategies for Revising Mechanism Schemas Chapter 10 Interfield and Interlevel Integration Chapter 11 The Pragmatic Value of Knowing How Something Works Chapter 12 Conclusion References Index
Copyright Date
2013
Dewey Decimal
146.6
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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