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The Immune Self

Theory or Metaphor?

Paperback Engels 1996 9780521574433
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This is one of the first books in a new series that will publish the very best work in the philosophy of biology. The series will be non-sectarian in character, will extend across the broadest range of topics, and will be genuinely interdisciplinary. The Immune Self is a critical study of immunology from its origins at the end of the nineteenth century to its contemporary formulation. The book offers the first extended philosophical critique of immunology, in which the function of the term 'self' that underlies the structure of current immune theory is analysed. However, this analysis is carefully integrated into a broad survey of the major scientific developments in immunology, a discussion of their historical context, and a review of the conceptual arguments that have moulded this sophisticated modern science.

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ISBN13:9780521574433
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:368

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Introduction; 1. The phagocytosis theory; 2. The triumph of immunology; 3. The immune self declared; 4. From theory to metaphor; 5. Immunology gropes for its theory; 6. The self and the phenomenological attitude; 7. The self as organism: a philosophical consideration; 8. The search for identity; Notes; Index.

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