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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
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| Series: | Environmental ethics and science policy.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 241 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-236) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198044147 0198044143 9780195331448 0195331443 9781435620506 143562050X 9780199868063 0199868069 |