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paper analyses the making of postgenomic knowledge about developmental symbiosis in Drosophila melanogaster by a specific group of microbiome scientists. Drawing from both practical philosophy of science ... Social Sciences, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lausanne , 1015 Lausanne , Switzerland Emphatic claims of a “microbiome revolution” aside, the study of the gut microbiota and its
The purpose of this article is to consider the philosophy, form and function underpinning erasure poetry. Erasure is a creative practice involving redaction or the striking through of certain words ... poems' pictorial format is easily shared online. This article suggests that the poststructuralist philosophy underpinning the form is also key to its traction insofar as it enables poets to expose the
journalists disseminating research outputs. The book focuses on science education and communication, but it draws on arguments from the history and philosophy of genetics. The historical genealogies of ... the second book discussed below, while readers with a focus on philosophical issues might turn to Griffiths and Stotz’s Genetics and Philosophy (2013). Kampourakis’ book is strongest where it explains
Justice and the idea of the moral good pervade legal philosophy and underlie much of legal practice in different contexts. They are particularly resonant in the law of equity and the remedies it ... constructive trust to understand equity’s place within common law, and its relationship with branches of philosophy that engage justice and fairness, they must be considered in the context of what equity is and
Feyerabend’s political philosophy of science, it discusses reasons for implementing more pluralism as well as challenges to be tackled on the way forward. ... public health context that is inspired by certain elements in Paul Feyerabend’s political philosophy of science. The goal is to deepen our understanding of 2 Frigg et al. discuss the hawkmoth effect in the
Therapeutic Jurisprudence is a legal philosophy concerned with the human effects of the law. Its scholarly work promotes greater interaction between law and the social sciences to draw attention to ... lens (Cattaneo and Goodman 2000; Freckelton 2008), paradigm, research agenda, or philosophy (Roderick and Krumholz 2006, Wexler 2011) , method (Stobbs et al. 2019a) , ‘set of procedural guidelines
biological philosophy. ... Introduction The philosophical question concerning normativity is generally debated in the domains of moral, social and political philosophy, in aesthetics and in epistemology. In this paper, this question will
property protection, enforcement, and development but also allows for challenges to this existing standard that are not possible elsewhere due to broader economic and political reasons. It discusses the ... characteristics. In doing so, this continues to develop the concept where comics examine areas such as politics, sociology, philosophy, ethics, and of course law, which ‘have all positively engaged at some level
Stranger City is quite different from these works as it is concerned with the manifold experiences of various European citizens set in London against a background of xenophobia, nationalism and political ... fictions defined as fragmented narratives and networked novels in an attempt to identify the tensions between fragmentation and relationality that have been visible at a political and social level in the
This paper uses structural analogies to competing political philosophies of human society as a heuristic tool to differentiate between ecological theories and to bring out new aspects of apparently ... discourse. History and philosophy of ecology; Community ecology; Political philosophy; Analogy; Constitution theory 1 Introduction In the philosophy of ecology, theories of community ecology are discussed
Studies, The University of Auckland , Auckland , New Zealand 1 Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge , Cambridge , UK Since the late 1980s, the fetal origins of adult ... modifications. For British scientists, fetal research had gained new political charge as “pro-life” opponents of abortion liberalization grew in prominence in the later 1970s and ‘80s. Campaigns to reduce the
-Europe approach. The essay adopts a different stance, exploring Brexit with less formalism and more attentiveness to its impact on British society. It uses novels and essays, political pamphlets, and other ... attention of lawyers, sociologists, economists, and political scholars. It has been (and no doubt will continue to be) examined within all these disciplines. Consequently, this essay will not indulge in
. novels and essays, political pamphlets, and other writings prompted by Brexit. The aim is to explore the doubts, fears, and threats that still haunt the UK after leaving the EU, paying particular attention ... send the EU £350 million a week – let’s fund our NHS instead’ testify to the impact Brexit has had on the public sphere, putting under stress the bonds of the British political community. Slogans like
Bringing together scholars from philosophy, bioethics, law, sociology, and anthropology, this topical collection explores how innovations in the field of biomedicine and the life sciences are ... ; Temporality; Beginning of life; Middle of life; Later Life - theoretical approaches from existential or hermeneutic philosophy, narrative phenomenology, the social sciences, medical humanities, medical
in the history and philosophy of the life sciences. By analysing RNA biology in more detail, philosophers and historians of science could gain new and powerful tools to assess the current pandemic, and
space to reflect upon the changes we are witnessing in our contemporary society and try to understand their sociocultural, economic, and political implications. Brexit is based on nostalgic images of ... and political situation, and in some cases they may introduce a perspective towards change. As Rudd observes, children’s literature actually focusses on ‘the gap between the ‘constructed’ and the 1
explore how the use of these particular spaces were not just scientific but also political – leveraging growing Cold War anxieties about nuclear fallout and the space race to bring greater prestige and ... , uniquely placed to unravel the underlying mechanisms of human circadian rhythms. In the context of Cold War science, these field sites took on a greater political importance, which in the context of nuclear
Hall, East Lansing Michigan , USA 1 Department of Science Education, Section for History and Philosophy of Science, University of Copenhagen , Rådmansgade 64, Copenhagen , Denmark We undeniably live in ... science perspective on taxonomy has not been a major theme in the history and philosophy of science. The botanist Vernon Heywood once pointed out that historians of biology, in their 'preoccupation with the
philosophy. After some preliminary considerations about its place in Aristotle’s ethical treatises, the discussion focuses on Aristotle’s biology. Here we learn that natural philia, couched in terms of a ... . Schoeman , F. ( 1985 ). Aristotle on the good of friendship . Australasian Journal of Philosophy , 63 ( 3 ), 269 - 282 . Schollmeier , P. ( 2003 ). Aristotle and women: Household and political roles . Polis