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Article ID: CBB000063896

Material models in biology (1990)

Griesemer, James R. (Author)

PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association
Volume: 2
Pages: 79-93

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Description “I explore the boundary between the propositional and non-propositional sides of biological theory, drawing on three cases: Grinnell's remnant models of faunas, Wright's path analysis, and Weismannism's role in the generalization of evolutionary theory. I propose a picture of material model-building in biology in which manipulated systems of material objects function as theoretical models. In each of the cases, material systems such as diagrams play important generative as well as presentational roles.” From author's abstract.

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