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Explaining Cancer: Finding Order in Disorder

Anya Plutynski

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Description:In Explaining Cancer, Anya Plutynski addresses a variety of philosophical questions that arise in the context of cancer science and medicine. She begins with the following concerns: � How do scientists classify cancer? Do these classifications reflect nature's "joints"? � How do cancer scientists identify and classify early stage cancers? � What does it mean to say that cancer is a "genetic" disease? What role do genes play in "mechanisms for" cancer? � What are the most important environmental causes of cancer, and how do epidemiologists investigate these causes? � How exactly has our evolutionary history made us vulnerable to cancer?Explaining Cancer uses these questions as an entr�e into a family of philosophical debates. It uses case studies of scientific practice to reframe philosophical debates about natural classification in science and medicine, the problem of drawing the line between disease and health, mechanistic reasoning in science, pragmatics and evidence, the roles of models and modeling in science, and the nature of scientific explanation.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Explaining Cancer: Finding Order in Disorder. To get started finding Explaining Cancer: Finding Order in Disorder, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 272

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: 2018

ISBN: 0199967466

Description: In Explaining Cancer, Anya Plutynski addresses a variety of philosophical questions that arise in the context of cancer science and medicine. She begins with the following concerns: � How do scientists classify cancer? Do these classifications reflect nature's "joints"? � How do cancer scientists identify and classify early stage cancers? � What does it mean to say that cancer is a "genetic" disease? What role do genes play in "mechanisms for" cancer? � What are the most important environmental causes of cancer, and how do epidemiologists investigate these causes? � How exactly has our evolutionary history made us vulnerable to cancer?Explaining Cancer uses these questions as an entr�e into a family of philosophical debates. It uses case studies of scientific practice to reframe philosophical debates about natural classification in science and medicine, the problem of drawing the line between disease and health, mechanistic reasoning in science, pragmatics and evidence, the roles of models and modeling in science, and the nature of scientific explanation.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Explaining Cancer: Finding Order in Disorder. To get started finding Explaining Cancer: Finding Order in Disorder, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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