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31 produkter
Immunity
The Evolution of an Idea
Inbunden, 2017
1898 kr
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Senior scholar Alfred Tauber argues in this bold account that common approaches to the study of immunology are inherently flawed in its strict dichotomy of the self and non-self, or external invaders. The relationship between what is self and what is non-self is in reality a complex, dymanic, …
Immunity
The Evolution of an Idea
E-bok, 2017
569 kr
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Modern immunology traditionally conceives of the immune system as providing defense against pathogens. Alfred I. Tauber criticizes this conception of immunity as too narrow, because it discounts much of the immune system''s other normal functions. These include active tolerance of nutritional …
Immunity
The Evolution of an Idea
E-bok, 2017
569 kr
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Modern immunology traditionally conceives of the immune system as providing defense against pathogens. Alfred I. Tauber criticizes this conception of immunity as too narrow, because it discounts much of the immune system''s other normal functions. These include active tolerance of nutritional …
Immunity
The Evolution of an Idea
Häftad, 2018
804 kr
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Modern immunology traditionally conceives of the immune system as providing defense against pathogens. Alfred I. Tauber criticizes this conception of immunity as too narrow, because it discounts much of the immune system's other normal functions. These include active tolerance of nutritional …
Metchnikoff and the Origins of Immunology
From Metaphor to Theory
Av Alfred I. Tauber, Leon Chernyak
Inbunden, 1991
4310 kr
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This fascinating intellectual history is the first critical study of the work of Elie Metchnikoff, the founding father of modern immunology. Metchnikoff authored and championed the theory that phagocytic cells actively defend the host body against pathogens and diseased cells.In this scientific …
Metchnikoff and the Origins of Immunology
From Metaphor to Theory
Av Leon Chernyak, Alfred I. Tauber
E-bok, 1991
2939 kr
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This fascinating intellectual history is the first critical study of the work of Elie Metchnikoff, the founding father of modern immunology. Metchnikoff authored and championed the theory that phagocytic cells actively defend the host body against pathogens and diseased cells. His program developed …
Immunity and the Constitution of Identity
A Philosophical Account
Av Bartlomiej Swiatczak, Alfred I. Tauber
Inbunden, 2027
1269 kr
Kommande
Immunity and the Constitution of Identity offers a philosophical account of immunology as a science of biological identity. For much of the twentieth century the field rested on the self/non-self model introduced by Frank Macfarlane Burnet. This model presents the organism as a bounded and …
Immunity and the Constitution of Identity
A Philosophical Account
Av Bartlomiej Swiatczak, Alfred I. Tauber
Häftad, 2027
316 kr
Kommande
Immunity and the Constitution of Identity offers a philosophical account of immunology as a science of biological identity. For much of the twentieth century the field rested on the self/non-self model introduced by Frank Macfarlane Burnet. This model presents the organism as a bounded and …
Science and the Quest for Reality
Inbunden, 1996
1098 kr
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Science and the Quest for Reality is an interdisciplinary anthology that situates contemporary science within its complex philosophical, historical, and sociological contexts. The anthology is divided between, firstly, characterizing science as an intellectual activity and, secondly, defining its …
Science and the Quest for Reality
Häftad, 1996
1098 kr
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Science and the Quest for Reality is an interdisciplinary anthology that situates contemporary science within its complex philosophical, historical, and sociological contexts. The anthology is divided between, firstly, characterizing science as an intellectual activity and, secondly, defining its …
Henry David Thoreau and the Moral Agency of Knowing
Häftad, 2003
493 kr
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In his graceful philosophical account, Alfred I. Tauber shows why Thoreau still seems so relevant today - more relevant in many respects than he seemed to his contemporaries. Although Thoreau has been skillfully and thoroughly examined as a writer, naturalist, mystic, historian, social thinker, …
The Immune Self
Theory or Metaphor?
Av Alfred I. Tauber, Michael Ruse
Inbunden, 1994
1514 kr
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This is one of the first books in a new series that will publish the very best work in the philosophy of biology. The series will be non-sectarian in character, will extend across the broadest range of topics, and will be genuinely interdisciplinary. The Immune Self is a critical study of …
The Immune Self
Theory or Metaphor?
Häftad, 1996
764 kr
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This is one of the first books in a new series that will publish the very best work in the philosophy of biology. The series will be non-sectarian in character, will extend across the broadest range of topics, and will be genuinely interdisciplinary. The Immune Self is a critical study of …
Generation of Diversity
Clonal Selection Theory and the Rise of Molecular Immunology
Av Alfred I. Tauber, Scott H. Podolsky
Häftad, 2000
524 kr
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In recent decades immunology has been one of the most exciting--and successful--fields of biomedical research. Over the past thirty years immunologists have acquired a detailed understanding of the immune system's unique recognition mechanism and of the cellular and chemical means used to destroy …
Freud, the Reluctant Philosopher
Häftad, 2010
385 kr
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Freud began university intending to study both medicine and philosophy. But he was ambivalent about philosophy, regarding it as metaphysical, too limited to the conscious mind, and ignorant of empirical knowledge. Yet his private correspondence and his writings on culture and history reveal that he …
Requiem for the Ego
Freud and the Origins of Postmodernism
Inbunden, 2013
1574 kr
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Requiem for the Ego recounts Freud's last great attempt to 'save' the autonomy of the ego, which drew philosophical criticism from the most prominent philosophers of the period—Adorno, Heidegger, and Wittgenstein. Despite their divergent orientations, each contested the ego's capacity to represent …
Requiem for the Ego
Freud and the Origins of Postmodernism
Häftad, 2013
385 kr
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Requiem for the Ego recounts Freud's last great attempt to 'save' the autonomy of the ego, which drew philosophical criticism from the most prominent philosophers of the period—Adorno, Heidegger, and Wittgenstein. Despite their divergent orientations, each contested the ego's capacity to represent …
Requiem for the Ego
Freud and the Origins of Postmodernism
E-bok, 2013
450 kr
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Requiem for the Ego recounts Freud's last great attempt to 'save' the autonomy of the ego, which drew philosophical criticism from the most prominent philosophers of the period—Adorno, Heidegger, and Wittgenstein. Despite their divergent orientations, each contested the ego's capacity to represent …
Science and the Quest for Reality
Inbunden, 1997
1481 kr
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Since Galileo, critics have waged a relentless assault against science, attacking it as dehumanizing, reductionist, relativistic, dominating, and imperialistic. Supporters meanwhile view science as synonymous with modernity and progress. The current debates over the role of science-- described by …
Science and the Quest for Reality
Häftad, 1997
481 kr
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Since Galileo, critics have waged a relentless assault against science, attacking it as dehumanizing, reductionist, relativistic, dominating, and imperialistic. Supporters meanwhile view science as synonymous with modernity and progress. The current debates over the role of science-- described by …
William James and Sigmund Freud on the Mind
Saving Subjectivity
Häftad, 2025
546 kr
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This is the first extended study comparing the philosophies of mind promoted by Sigmund Freud and William James, whose opposing views had profound influences on the development of twentieth-century philosophy, cognitive science, and psychology.Each asked, can the mind be scientifically …
William James and Sigmund Freud on the Mind
Saving Subjectivity
Inbunden, 2025
2512 kr
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This is the first extended study comparing the philosophies of mind promoted by Sigmund Freud and William James, whose opposing views had profound influences on the development of twentieth-century philosophy, cognitive science, and psychology.Each asked, can the mind be scientifically …
William James and Sigmund Freud on the Mind
Saving Subjectivity
E-bok, 2025
468 kr
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This is the first extended study comparing the philosophies of mind promoted by Sigmund Freud and William James, whose opposing views had profound influences on the development of twentieth-century philosophy, cognitive science, and psychology. Each asked, can the mind be scientifically …
William James and Sigmund Freud on the Mind
Saving Subjectivity
E-bok, 2025
468 kr
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This is the first extended study comparing the philosophies of mind promoted by Sigmund Freud and William James, whose opposing views had profound influences on the development of twentieth-century philosophy, cognitive science, and psychology. Each asked, can the mind be scientifically …
Science and the Quest for Reality
E-bok, 2016
1506 kr
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Science and the Quest for Reality is an interdisciplinary anthology that situates contemporary science within its complex philosophical, historical, and sociological contexts. The anthology is divided between, firstly, characterizing science as an intellectual activity and, secondly, defining its …
Freud, the Reluctant Philosopher
E-bok, 2010
500 kr
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Freud began university intending to study both medicine and philosophy. But he was ambivalent about philosophy, regarding it as metaphysical, too limited to the conscious mind, and ignorant of empirical knowledge. Yet his private correspondence and his writings on culture and history reveal that he …
Science and the Quest for Meaning
Häftad, 2020
617 kr
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In this deeply thoughtful exploration, Alfred Tauber, a practicing scientist and highly regarded philosopher, eloquently traces the history of the philosophy of science, seeking in the end to place science within the humanistic context from which it originated. Avoiding the dogmatism that has …
Triumph of Uncertainty
Science and Self in the Postmodern Age
Häftad, 2022
1123 kr
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Tauber, a leading figure in history and philosophy of science, offers a unique autobiographical overview of how science as a discipline of thought has been characterized by philosophers and historians over the past century. He frames his account through science’s – and his own personal – quest for …
Triumph of Uncertainty
Science and Self in the Postmodern Age
Inbunden, 2022
781 kr
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Tauber, a leading figure in history and philosophy of science, offers a unique autobiographical overview of how science as a discipline of thought has been characterized by philosophers and historians over the past century. He frames his account through science’s – and his own personal – quest for …
