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  • Handbook of Evolutionary Thinking in the Sciences

    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The Darwinian theory of evolution is itself evolving and this book presents the details of the core of modern Darwinism and its latest developmental directions. The authors present current scientific work addressing theoretical problems and challenges in four sections, beginning with the concepts of evolution theory, its processes of variation, heredity, selection, adaptation and function, and its ... Read more

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  • Classification, Disease and Evidence

    New Essays in the Philosophy of Medicine

    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This anthology of essays presents a sample of studies from recent philosophy of medicine addressing issues which attempt to answer very general (interdependent) questions: (a) what is a disease and what is health? (b) How do we (causally) explain diseases? (c) And how do we distinguish diseases, i.e. define classes of diseases and recognize that an instance X of disease belongs to a given class B? ... Read more

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