From Biological Research to a Philosophy of Systems Biology: The Ground Covered and Some Challenges That Lie Ahead

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“Despite the progress in explanatory adequacy that manifests itself in the practice of systems biology and the notable advances in thinking about explanation in the philosophy of systems biology, the objective of a comprehensive explanatory integration remains out of reach. Mutually complementary contributions from theoretical and pragmatic approaches promise to produce more reliable explanations, as systems biology continues to develop. But as complete understanding of biological systems continuously eludes us, it appears that the primary benefit from studying problems of explanation in systems biology is philosophical: it puts in context questions of methodology in science, as well as greater epistemological questions concerning meaning and the limits of intelligibility.”.

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Mekios, C. (2017). From Biological Research to a Philosophy of Systems Biology: The Ground Covered and Some Challenges That Lie Ahead. In History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences (Vol. 20, pp. 193–204). Springer Science and Business Media B.V. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47000-9_18

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