It Is Possible to Reduce Biological Explanations to Explanations in Chemistry and/or Physics

Evelyn Fox Keller

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This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Systems Biology Function: A Minimalist Conception Kant and As-If Purpose Cybernetics and Bernard Machines A Guarded Optimism Postscript: Counterpoint References

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