Reprint
Renegotiating Disciplinary Fields in the Life Sciences
Edited by
February 2021
148 pages
- ISBN978-3-0365-0124-6 (Hardback)
- ISBN978-3-0365-0125-3 (PDF)
This is a Reprint of the Special Issue Renegotiating Disciplinary Fields in the Life Sciences that was published in
Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities
Summary
Recent and ongoing debates in biology and the philosophy of biology reveal a widespread dissatisfaction with traditional explanatory frameworks. There are also problems with the current definitions or circumscriptions of key concepts such as gene, species, and homology, and even of whole disciplinary fields within the life sciences, e.g. developmental biology. These contrasting views are arguably a symptom of the need to revisit traditional, unchallenged partitions between the specialist disciplines within the life sciences. In the diversity of topics addressed and approaches to move beyond the current disciplinary organization, the five essays in this volume will hopefully stimulate further exploration towards an improved articulation of life sciences.
Format
- Hardback
License and Copyright
© 2022 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
research programs; scientific pluralism; taxonomic theory; taxonomic pluralisms; typology; phylogenetics; biosystematics; numerical taxonomy; biomorphics; evo-devo; nomadic concept; nomadic discipline; anchor concept; anchor discipline; life cycle; generation; organizational module; species; evolutionary developmental biology; evolutionary extended synthesis; theory of development; active inference; attention; development; evolution; language; memory; pragmatics; reference frames; scale-free cognition; self; stigmergy; process philosophy; scientific perspectivism; developmental genetics; plant structure ontology; homology; land plant phylogeny; morphological misfits; flower; phyllotaxis; Utricularia; n/a