Philosophical perspectives on the engineering approach in biology : living machines? /: living machines?. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Sune Holm, Maria Serban.
• Editors: Holm, Sune; Serban, Maria
• Contents: Introduction; Sune Holm, Louisa Holt & Maria Serban Part 1. Theoretical Issues 1. Restless Machines; Jessica Riskin 2. On Being the Right Size, Revisited: The Problem with Engineering Metaphors in Molecular Biology Daniel J. Nicholson 3. A Roomful of Robovacs: How to Think About Genetic Programs ; Brett Calcott 4. Living Machines: The Extent and Limits of the Machine Metaphor William Bechtel Part 2. Methodological Issues 5. Beyond Machine-Like Mechanisms Arnon Levy & William Bechtel 6. Magnetized Memories: Analogies and Templates in Model Transfer Tarja Knuuttila & Andrea Loettgers 7. Biological Robustness: Design, Organization and Mechanism Maria Serban & Sara Green Part 3. Societal Issues 8. The Machine Analogy in Bioethics Andreas Christiansen 9. The Machine Metaphor in Science and Science Communication Sune Holm Postscript
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 570.1; Biology -- Philosophy; Bioengineering -- Moral and ethical aspects; Bioethics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351212229; 9781351212236; 9781351212212; 9781351212243
• Related ISBNs: 9780815380788
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