Article ID: CBB588384525

Eric Davidson, His Philosophy, and the History of Science (2017)

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Eric Davidson, a passionate molecular developmental biologist and intellectual, believed that conceptual advances in the sciences should be based on knowledge of conceptual history. Convinced of the superiority of a causal-analytical approach over other methods, he succeeded in successfully applying this approach to the complex feature of organismal development by introducing the far-reaching concept of developmental Gene Regulatory Networks. This essay reviews Davidson’s philosophy, his support for the history of science, and some aspects of his scientific personality.

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Authors & Contributors
Laura Nuño de la Rosa
Villegas, Cristina
Stoebel, Daniel M.
Meyer, Diogo
Williams, Cody Tyler
Bruce Richard Erick Peirson
Concepts
Genetics
Evolutionary developmental biology
History of science, as a discipline
Biology
Biographies
Evolution
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
19th century
20th century, early
Places
United States
Great Britain
Soviet Union
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