Processes of Life: Essays in the Philosophy of Biology by John Dupre (Author). John Dupre explores current revolutionary developments in biology and considers their relevance for our understanding of human nature and human society. Epigenetics and related areas of molecular biology have eroded the exceptional standing of the gene and presented the genome as absolutely interactive with the rest of the cell. Developmental methods idea provides a space for a imaginative and prescient of evolution that takes full account of the fundamental importance of developmental processes. Dupre shows the significance of microbiology for a proper understanding of the living world, and reveals the way it subverts such fundamental organic assumptions because the organisation of organic varieties on a branching tree of life, and the simple conventional conception of the biological organism.
These matters are thought of within the context of a view of science as realistically grounded in the pure order, but concurrently pluralistic and inextricably integrated within a social and normative context. The volume features a section that recapitulates and expands a number of the creator's common views on science; a section addressing a variety of subjects in biology, including the importance of genomics, the nature of the organism and the current status of evolutionary concept; and a section exploring some implications of up to date biology for humans, for instance on the truth or unreality of human races, and the plasticity of human nature.
I'm interested in the use in the gut of the human body's intestinal flora. This e-book does a great update on bacterial support of healthful human life.
Processes of Life: Essays in the Philosophy of Biology
John Dupre (Author)
320 pages
Oxford University Press, USA (March 24, 2012)
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