Why do biologists argue like they do?

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 64, Issue 4 SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Beatty, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 4243275065     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/392620     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Allchin, D. (1994), "The Super Bowl and the Ox-Phos Controversy: 'Winner-Take-All' Controversy in Philosophy of Science", in D. Hull, M. Forbes, and R. M. Burian (eds.), PSA 1994, vol. 1. East Lansing, MI: Philosophy of Science Association, pp. 22-33.
2. Beatty, J. (1987), "Weighing the Risks: Stalemate in the Classical/Balance Controversy", Journal of the History of Biology 20: 289-319.
3. _. (1995), "The Evolutionary Contingency Thesis", in J. G. Lennox and G. Wolters (eds.), Concepts, Theories and Rationality in the Biological Sciences. Konstanz, Germany: University of Konstanz Press, and Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, pp. 45-81.
4. Cohen, S. S. (1963), "On Biochemical Variability and Innovation", Science 139:1017-1026.
5. Crick, F. H. C. (1968), "The Origin of the Genetic Code", Journal of Molecular Biology 19: 367-97.
6. _. (1970), "Central Dogma of Molecular Biology", Nature 227: 561-563.
7. Crow, J. (1979), "Genes that Violate Mendel's Rules", Scientific American 240 (2): 134-146.
8. Darden, L. (1995), "Exemplars, Abstractions, and Anomalies", in J. G. Lennox and G. Wolters (eds.), Concepts, Theories and Rationality in the Biological Sciences. Konstanz, Germany: University of Konstanz Press, and Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, pp. 45-81.
9. _. (1996), "Generalizations in Biology", Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 27: 409-419.
10. Darwin, C. ([1859] 1966), On the Origin of Species. Facsimile of the 1st edition. Harvard: Harvard University Press.
11. _. (1872), On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, 6th ed. London: John Murray.
12. Gillespie, J. H. (1991), The Causes of Molecular Evolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
13. Gould, S. J. (1980), "Is a New and General Theory of Evolution Emerging?" Paleobiology 6: 119-130.
14. Gould, S. J. and R. C. Lewontin (1979), "The Spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian Paradigm: A Critique of the Adaptationist Programme", Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B205: 581-598.
15. Hull, D. L. (1987), "Genealogical Actors in Ecological Roles", Biology and Philosophy 2: 168-184.
16. Jacob, F. (1988), The Statue Within. New York: Basic Books.
17. Jacob, F. and J. Monod (1961a), "Genetic Regulatory Mechanisms in the Synthesis of Proteins", Journal of Molecular Biology 3: 318-356.
18. _. (1961b), "On the Regulation of Gene Activity", Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology 26: 193-209.
19. Kimura, M. (1983), The Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
20. Lande, R. (1980), "Microevolution in Relation to Macroevolution", Paleobiology 6: 235-238.
21. Lewin, B. (1990), Genes IV. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
22. Lewontin, R. C. (1974), The Genetic Basis of Evolutionary Change. New York: Columbia University Press.
23. Macy Foundation, Josiah (1963), "Fifth Conference on Genetics", typescript.
24. Mitchell, S. (1992), "On Pluralism and Competition in Evolutionary Explanations", American Zoologist 32: 135-144.
25. Monod, J. and F. Jacob (1961), "General Conclusions: Teleonomic Mechanisms in Cellular Metabolism, Growth, and Differentiation", Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology 26: 389-401.
26. Osawa, S. (1995), Evolution of the Genetic Code. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
27. Otte, D. and J. A. Endler (eds.) (1989), Speciation and its Consequences. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer.
28. Schaffner, K. F. (1993), Discovery and Explanation in the Biology and Medicine. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
29. Yanofsky, C. (1981), "Attenuation in the Control of Expression of Bacterial Operons", Nature 289: 751-758.
30. _. (1992), "Transcription Regulation: Elegance in Design and Discovery", in S. L. McKnight and K. R. Yamamoto (eds.), Transcriptional Regulation. Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, pp. 3-24.