Again, what the philosophy of biology is not

Acta Biotheoretica

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 93-122

  Callebaut, Werner ^a,b  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND COGNITION RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

"New" philosophy of biology; Bounded rationality; Complexity; History of biology; Philosophical naturalism; Professionalization; Science Wars; Social studies of biology

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ANIMAL; BELGIUM; BIOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EUROPE; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; PHILOSOPHY;

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EID: 23344448978     PISSN: 00015342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10441-005-5352-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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