Philosophy and Revolutions in Genetics: Deep Science and Deep Technology
Palgrave Macmillan (2003)
| Abstract | The last century saw two great revolutions in genetics the development of classic Mendelian theory and the discovery and investigation of DNA. Each fundamental scientific discovery in turn generated its own distinctive technology. These two case studies, examined in this text, enable the author to conduct a philosophical exploration of the relationship between fundamental scientific discoveries on the one hand, and the technologies that spring from them on the other. As such it is also an exercise in the philosophy of technology. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Genetics Philosophy Molecular genetics Philosophy Genetic engineering Philosophy | |||||||||
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| Call number | QH438.7.L44 2003 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 9780333964583 0333964586 1403947082 | |||||||||
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