In recent years what has come to be called the 'New Mechanism' has emerged as a framework for thinking about the philosophical assumptions underlying many areas of science, especially in sciences such as biology, neuroscience, and psychology. This book offers a fresh look at the role of me...

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Hauptverfasser:	Ioannidis, Stavros ca. 20./21. Jh (VerfasserIn), Psyllos, Stathēs 1965- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA Cambridge University Press 2022
Schlagworte:	Mechanism (Philosophy) Biology / Philosophy Wissenschaftsphilosophie Metaphysik Mechanik Methode Mechanismus > Philosophie
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Zusammenfassung:	In recent years what has come to be called the 'New Mechanism' has emerged as a framework for thinking about the philosophical assumptions underlying many areas of science, especially in sciences such as biology, neuroscience, and psychology. This book offers a fresh look at the role of mechanisms, by situating novel analyses of central philosophical issues related to mechanisms within a rich historical perspective of the concept of mechanism as well as detailed case studies of biological mechanisms (such as apoptosis). It develops a new position, Methodological Mechanism, according to which mechanisms are to be viewed as causal pathways that are theoretically described and are underpinned by networks of difference-making relations. In contrast to metaphysically inflated accounts, this study characterises mechanism as a concept-in-use in science that is deflationary and metaphysically neutral, but still methodologically useful and central to scientific practice
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Jun 2022)
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 273 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781009019668
DOI:	10.1017/9781009019668