Philosophy of Experimental Biology

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Review"This bookas lucid, comprehensive presentation will enlighten bothstudents and academicians in philosophy, biology, and science history,as well as scientists in other disciplines, while stimulating furtherdiscussion and analytical treatments." CHOICE May 2005 "Weber's overall approach is compelling; his book's focus on philosophicalsignificance to be found in details of experimental biology is awelcome addition to the philosophy of biology and to the philosophyof science more generally." - Jonathan Kaplan, Oregon State UniversityProduct DescriptionExploring central philosophical issues concerning scientific researchin modern experimental biology, this book clarifies the strategies,concepts, reasoning, approaches, tools, models and experimental systemsdeployed by researchers. It also integrates recent developments inhistorical scholarship, in particular, the New Experimentalism, makingthis work of interest to philosophers and historians of science aswell as to biological researchers.