The concept of mechanism in biology

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 152-163

  Nicholson, Daniel J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Causal explanation; Function; Machine; Mechanicism; Mechanism; Organization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; HISTORY; LIFE; PHILOSOPHY; SCIENCE;

BIOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; LIFE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHILOSOPHY; SCIENCE;

EID: 84856681654     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2011.05.014     Document Type: Article

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