How Molecular is Molecular Developmental Biology? A Reply to Alex Rosenberg's Reductionism Redux: Computing the Embryo

Manfred D. Laubichler; Günter P. Wagner

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How Molecular is Molecular Developmental Biology? A Reply to Alex Rosenberg's Reductionism Redux: Computing the Embryo

Manfred D. Laubichler, Günter P. Wagner

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This paper argues in defense of the anti-reductionist consensus in the philosophy of biology. More specifically, it takes issues with Alex Rosenberg's recent challenge of this position. We argue that the results of modern developmental genetics rather than eliminating the need for functional kinds in explanations of development actually reinforce their importance.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	53-68
Number of pages	16
Journal	Biology and Philosophy
Volume	16
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006750126784
State	Published - Dec 1 2001
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Functional kinds
Molecular developmental biology
Physicalist antireductionism

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Philosophy
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
History and Philosophy of Science

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