On physicalism and downward causation in developmental and cancer biology

Acta Biotheoretica

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 257-274

  Soto, A M ^a,b   Sonnenschein, C ^a,b   Miquel, P A ^b,c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Cancer; Diachronic emergence; Downward causation; Physicalism

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DIACHRONISM;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CAUSALITY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 57049112129     PISSN: 00015342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10441-008-9052-y     Document Type: Review

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