Reductionism Redux: Computing the Embryo

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 445-470

  Rosenberg, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Causation; Explanation; Homeo boxes; Molecular development biology; Ontology; Physicalist antireductionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001459345     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006574719901     Document Type: Article

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