Biological Indeterminacy

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 447-452

  Greenspan, Ralph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chance; Degeneracy; Genes; Individuality; Networks; Neural circuits; Reductionism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; ETHICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MORALITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

BRAIN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORALS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84868201673     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 16605454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-012-9379-2     Document Type: Article

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