Essay Review ID: CBB000070304

Generalizations in biology (1996)

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Description Essay review of Kenneth F. Schaffner, Discovery and explanation in biology and medicine (Chicago, 1993).


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Authors & Contributors
Burnston, Daniel C.
Luque, Victor J.
Henri Buc
Brooks, Daniel S.
Weber, Bruce H.
Sober, Elliott R.
Journals
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie
Sudhoffs Archiv: Zeitschrift fuer Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Revue d'Histoire des Sciences
Journal of the History of Biology
History of Science
Publishers
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Concepts
Explanation; hypotheses; theories
Biology
Philosophy of biology
Evolution
Philosophy of science
Methodology of science; scientific method
People
Rheinberger, Hans-Jörg
Jacob, François
Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc de
Woltereck, Richard
Weismann, August
Müller-Wille, Staffan
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, late
21st century
20th century, early
18th century
Institutions
Collège de France, Paris
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