| ISBN: | 9780226727257 |
| Publication date: | 1st September 1994 |
| Author: | Alexander Rosenberg |
| Publisher: | The University of Chicago Press an imprint of University of Chicago Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 193 pages |
| Series: | Science and Its Conceptual Foundations |
| Genres: |
Biology, life sciences |
Do the sciences aim to uncover the structure of nature, or are they ultimately a practical means of controlling our environment?In Instrumental Biology, or the Disunity of Science, Alexander Rosenberg argues that while physics and chemistry can develop laws that reveal the structure of natural phenomena, biology is fated to be a practical, instrumental discipline. Because of the complexity produced by natural selection, and because of the limits on human cognition, scientists are prevented from uncovering the basic structure of biological phenomena.
Instrumental Biology, or, The Disunity of Science features in the following genres: Biology, life sciences
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Instrumental Biology, or, The Disunity of Science was written by Alexander Rosenberg and published by The University of Chicago Press an imprint of University of Chicago Press
Instrumental Biology, or, The Disunity of Science has 193 pages
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