Philosophy of systems biology : perspectives from scientists and philosophers /: perspectives from scientists and philosophers. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sara Green, editor.
• Editors: Green, Sara (Sara Marie)
• Contents: 1. Systems Biology: Negotiating between Holism and Reductionism (William Bechtel) -- 2. A System Approach to Cancer. From Things to Relations (Marta Bertolaso) -- 3. Systems Biology in the Broad Sense (Fred C. Boogerd) -- 4. Enactments of Systems Biology (Annamaria Carusi) -- 5. Systems Biology, Choices Arising (Eric H. Davidson) -- 6. An Affinity to Theories in Biology (Manfred Drack) -- 7. Interdisciplinarity, Philosophy and Systems Biology (Melinda Bonnie Fagan) -- 8. Problems in Mathematizing Systems Biology (Gabriele Gramelsberger) -- 9. Towards a Methodology for Systems Biology (Fridolin Gross) -- 10. Exploring the Metabolic Marketplace through the Lens of Systems Biology (Jan-Hendrik S. Hofmeyr) -- 11. Moving from Genetics to Systems Biology (Stefan Hohmann) -- 12. The Importance of Being Dynamic: Systems Biology beyond the Hairball (Johannes Jaeger) -- 13. Extracting Phenomena, Integrating Explanations, and Styling Representations: Some Frontiers for Philosophizing about Biology (Nicholaos Jones) -- 14. Systems Biology: Science or Technoscience? (Karen Kastenhofer) -- 15. Biological Complexity and the need for Computational Approaches (Hiroaki Kitano) -- 16. Systems Biology through the Concept of Emergence (Alexey Kolodkin) -- 17. From Biological Research to a Philosophy of Systems Biology: the Ground Covered and some Challenges that lie Ahead, Constantinos Mekios) -- 18. Complexity Organizing Principles: Prerequisites for Life (Mihajlo Mesarović) -- 19. Systems Biology Modeling Practices: Reflections of a Philosopher-Ethnographer (Nancy J. Nersessian) -- 20. Systems Biology beyond the genome (Denis Noble) -- 21. A view on Systems Biology beyond Scale and Method (Isabelle S. Peter) -- 22. From a Fascination with Arrow Diagrams to Witnessing a Tipping Point in Biology (Eberhard O. Voit) -- 23. From Microscopes to Macroscopes: Advancing Biomedical Research through Systems Approaches (Olaf Wolkenhauer).
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 574.01; Philosophy; Systems biology; Systems biology -- Philosophy; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology; Philosophy; Philosophy and science; Systems biology; Systems Biology; Models, Theoretical; Philosophy, Medical; Science -- Life Sciences -- General; Life sciences: general issues; Science_xPhilosophy; Biological models; Science -- Philosophy & Social Aspects; Philosophy of science; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 3319470000; 9783319470009
• Related ISBNs: 3319469991; 9783319469997
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
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