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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Anya Plutynski (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Washington University in St. Louis)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 15.70cm Weight: 0.522kg ISBN: 9780199967452ISBN 10: 0199967458 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 06 September 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Cancer: Natural, Social and Medical Kind Chapter 2: From Disease to Risk Chapter 3: Causation, Causal Selection and Causal Parity Chapter 4: Evidence and Environmental Epidemiology: A Pragmatic Approach Chapter 5: Explaining Cancer from an Evolutionary Perspective Chapter 6: Explanation Conclusion Bibliography IndexReviews...for those who care about philosophy of science, the book illustrates how cancer can be a rich case study. In addition, the systematic investigation of traditional philosophical debates applied to cancer that Plutynski pursues in this book makes it a great resource for teaching; For those who care about cancer, the book illustrates the need to develop more 'bottomup' philosophical approaches. * Lucie Laplane, Universite Paris and Gustave Roussy, HPLS * Author InformationAnya Plutynski received her Ph.D. in Philosophy, and her M.A. in Biology, both from the University of Pennsylvania. She currently teaches philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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