Across the boundaries : extrapolation in biology and social science /

Steel argues that previous accounts of extrapolation are inadequate and proposes a better approach that is able to answer methodological critiques of extrapolation from animal models to humans. His work develops the thought that knowledge of mechanisms linking cause to effect can serve as a basis fo...

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Main Author: Steel, Daniel, 1970-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Series:Environmental ethics and science policy.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Steel argues that previous accounts of extrapolation are inadequate and proposes a better approach that is able to answer methodological critiques of extrapolation from animal models to humans. His work develops the thought that knowledge of mechanisms linking cause to effect can serve as a basis for extrapolation.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 241 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-236) and index.
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