{"product_id":"instrumental-biology-or-the-disunity-of-science-9780226727257","title":"Instrumental Biology or The Disunity of Science","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDo the sciences aim to uncover the structure of nature, or are they a practical means of controlling our environment? This work argues that while physics and chemistry can develop laws revealing the structure of natural phenomena, biology is fated to be a practical, instrumental discipline.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  Chapter 1: Biology as an Instrumental Science  Chapter 2: Whatever Happened to Reductionism, and Why?  Chapter 3: Reductionism and Explanation in Molecular Biology  Chapter 4: Evolution, Drift, and Subjective Probability  Chapter 5: Biological Instrumentalism and the Levels of Selection  Chapter 6: Theories and Models, Replicators and Interactors  Chapter 7: Instrumental Biology and Intentional Psychology  Chapter 8: Biology and the Behavioral Sciences Bibliography Index","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036575105367,"sku":"9780226727257","price":80.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/instrumental-biology-or-the-disunity-of-science-9780226727257","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}