Images of Development : Environmental Causes in Ontogeny

At the biology-philosophy interface, van der Weele (science and ethics, Ultrecht U., The Netherlands) examines neglected issues of environmental influences in the study of the embryological development of animals. Revealing causal explanation biases about the role of genetics in evolution, the author proposes "an ethics of attention" based on the social consequences of scientific choices. Evidently, she influenced Scott Gilbert to include a new chapter on "environmental regulation of animal development" in the 1998 edition of his authoritative textbook Developmental Biology . Derived from a 1995 doctoral thesis. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

General

ISBN		9780791440452
Fiction/Non-Fiction		Non-Fiction
Publisher		State Univ of New York Pr
Pages		182
List Price		$51.50
Author		Weele, Cor Van Der
Publication Date		01/01/1999
Release Status		In Print
Format		Hardcover
Language		English
Measurements		Height: 9.5 Inches (US) Width: 6.5 Inches (US) Thickness: 0.75 Inches (US) Unit Weight: 0.95 Pounds (US)
Series		Suny Series in Philosophy and Biology