Systems biology : philosophical foundations /: philosophical foundations. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Fred C. Boogerd [and three others].
• Other Names: Boogerd, Fred C
• Contents: Introduction; 1. Towards philosophical foundations of Systems Biology: Introduction; ; Research programs of Systems Biology; 2. The methodologies of Systems Biology; 3. Methodology is Philosophy; 4. How can we understand metabolism?; 5. On Building Reliable Pictures with Unreliable Data: an Evolutionary and Developmental Coda for the New Systems Biology?; ; ; Theory / models; 6. Mechanism and mechanical explanation in cell biology; 7. Theories, Models, and Equations in Systems Biology; 8. All models are wrong.......some more than others; 9. Data without models merging with models without data; ; Organization in biological systems; 10. The biochemical factory that autonomously fabricates itself: a systems-biological view of the living cell; 11. A systemic approach to the origin of biological organization; 12. Organization and biological mechanisms: organized to maintain autonomy; 13. The disappearance of function from 'self-organizing systems'; ; Conclusion; 14. Afterthoughts as foundations for Systems Biology
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Elsevier Science
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (360 pages)
• Subjects: 570.11; Biology -- Philosophy; Biological systems; Biological models; Systems Biology; Philosophy; Biología -- Filosofía; Systeemtheorie; Theoretische biologie; Wetenschapsfilosofie
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080475271; 0080475272
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