On Gene's Action and Reciprocal Causation

Foundations of Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-46

  Perovic, Slobodan ^a   Miquel, Paul Antoine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Anti Reductionism; Causation; Cell biology; Molecular biology; Ontology; Philosophy of biology; Reductionism

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

ANTI-REDUCTIONISM; BIOLOGICAL PARAMETER; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CAUSATION; CELL BIOLOGY; GEOMETRICAL STRUCTURE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; REDUCTIONISM;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 78751617193     PISSN: 12331821     EISSN: 15728471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10699-010-9199-2     Document Type: Article

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