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Philosophical Perspectives on the Engineering Approach in Biology: Living Machines? book cover

1st Edition

Philosophical Perspectives on the Engineering Approach in Biology Living Machines?

Edited By Sune Holm, Maria Serban Copyright 2020
216 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

216 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

216 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Philosophical Perspectives on the Engineering Approach in Biology provides a philosophical examination of what has been called the most powerful metaphor in biology: The machine metaphor. The chapters collected in this volume discuss the idea that living systems can be understood through the lens of engineering methods and machine metaphors from both historical, theoretical, and practical... Read more

Introduction
Sune Holm, Louisa Holt & Maria Serban

Part 1. Theoretical Issues

1. Restless Machines
Jessica Riskin

2. On Being the Right Size, Revisited: The Problem with Engineering Metaphors in Molecular Biology　

Daniel J. Nicholson

3. A Roomful of Robovacs: How to Think About Genetic Programs　
Brett Calcott 　　

4. Living Machines: The Extent and Limits of the Machine Metaphor　

William Bechtel

Part 2. Methodological Issues

5. Beyond Machine-Like Mechanisms　

Arnon Levy & William Bechtel　

6. Magnetized Memories: Analogies and Templates in Model Transfer　

Tarja Knuuttila & Andrea Loettgers

7. Biological Robustness: Design, Organization and Mechanism　

Maria Serban & Sara Green

Part 3. Societal Issues

8. The Machine Analogy in Bioethics　

Andreas Christiansen　

9. The Machine Metaphor in Science and Science Communication　

Sune Holm

Postscript

Biography

Sune Holm is Associate Professor in Philosophy at the Department of Food and Resource Economics at the University of Copenhagen. His research mainly focuses on topics in ethics and philosophy of science relating to biology, biotechnology, and artificial intelligence.

Maria Serban is a lecturer in philosophy at University of East Anglia. She is a philosopher of science focusing on modelling practices in the life sciences.

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