Methods and Morals in the Life Sciences
Praeger Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-0-275-97119-9 (ISBN)
After reviewing logic and methodological approaches, broad guidelines are used to place science in a social context. Examples from life sciences illustrate the implementation of logic, methodology, and guidelines in forty-five brief case studies. Each study includes comments on quoted and paraphrased passages from a single article or book. Cross-references facilitate the assimilation of lessons from the text. Students, researchers, and scholars in biology, biomedicine, philosophy, and ethics as applied to the life sciences will find this guide useful in improving their research and writing skills.
WIM J. van der STEEN is Professor of Philosophy of Biology at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. He has published extensively, including nine earlier books, among them Evolution as Natural History: A Philosophical Analysis (Praeger, 2000). VINCENT K. Y. HO is with the Faculty of Biology, Vrije Universiteit.
Introduction Methodology as Practical Philosophy Introduction Concepts, Statements, and Arguments Hyptheses, Theories, and Explanations Facts and Values Putting Science in Context Introduction A Survey of Guidelines Application: Texts with Comments Introduction Altruism and Egoism Genes, Behavior, and Psychopathology Medication Stress Genetic Engineering Miscellaneous Subjects A Tale of Non-Steroid Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Introduction Biased Promotion of Drugs: The Case of NSAIDS by Wim J. van der Steen Response 1: Private Drug Research by Harry Cook Response 2: Diet Therapy as a Viable Alternative for NSAIDS by Dorine Bax Response 3: NSAIDS in the Netherlands: The View of a General Practitioner by Arjen Groen Appendix to Part IV: Improving Style Postlude Bibliography Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.4.2001 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Logik | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-275-97119-8 / 0275971198 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-275-97119-9 / 9780275971199 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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