In search of mechanisms : discoveries across the life sciences /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Craver, Carl F. (Author), Darden, Lindley (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2013]
Subjects:	Mechanism (Philosophy) Biology > Philosophy > History.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : discovering mechanisms
Biological mechanisms
Representing biological mechanisms
Characterizing the phenomenon
Strategies for mechanism schema construction
Virtues and vices of mechanism schemas
Constraints on mechanism schemas
Experiments and the search for mechanisms
Strategies for revising mechanism schemas
Interfield and interlevel integration
The pragmatic value of knowing how something works.