Philosophy of immunology /

Immunology is central to contemporary biology and medicine, but it also provides novel philosophical insights. Its most significant contribution to philosophy concerns the understanding of biological individuality: what a biological individual is, what makes it unique, how its boundaries are establi...

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Main Author: Pradeu, Thomas (Author)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Series:Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of biology.
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