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Aspects of reductive explanation in biological science: intrinsicality, fundamentality, and temporality

Hüttemann, A. and A.C. Love (2011) “Aspects of reductive explanation in biological science: intrinsicality, fundamentality, and temporality”, British Journal for Philosophy of Science 62:519–549.

The Pluralist Stance

Kellert, S., H. Longino, and C.K. Waters (2006) “The Pluralist Stance”, in Scientific Pluralism, Volume XIX of the Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science, edited by S. Kellert, H. Longino and C.K. Waters, Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, pp. 7–29.

Introduction: Pursuing a Naturalist Metaphysics

Kincaid, H. (2014) Introduction: Pursuing a Naturalist Metaphysics. In Scientific Metaphysics, D. Ross, J. Ladyman and H. Kincaid (eds.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 1–26.

Gene: Current Usages

Kitcher, P.S. (1992) "Gene: Current Usages", in E. Keller and E. Lloyd (eds.), Keywords in Evolutionary Biology, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, pp. 128–131.

Structural Realism

Ladyman, J. (2014) "Structural Realism", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2014 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.)

Every Thing Must Go

Ladyman, J. and D. Ross (2007) Every Thing Must Go, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Science in Action: How to Follow Scientists and Engineers Through Society

Latour, B. (1987) Science in Action: How to Follow Scientists and Engineers Through Society, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

A Confutation of Convergent Realism

Laudan, L. (1981) "A Confutation of Convergent Realism", Philosophy of Science, 48: 19–48.

Integrating data to acquire new knowledge: Three modes of integration in plant science

Leonelli, S. (2013) "Integrating data to acquire new knowledge: Three modes of integration in plant science", Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, vol. 44(4): 503-514

Explaining evolutionary innovation and novelty: criteria of adequacy and multidisciplinary prerequisites

Love, A.C. (2008) “Explaining evolutionary innovation and novelty: criteria of adequacy and multidisciplinary prerequisites”, Philosophy of Science 75:874–886.

Comparing part-whole explanations in biology and physics

Love, A.C. and A. Hüttemann (2011) “Comparing part-whole explanations in biology and physics”, in D. Dieks, W.J. Gonzalez, S. Hartmann, T. Uebel, and M. Weber (eds), Explanation, Prediction, and Confirmation. Berlin: Springer, 183–202.

Thinking About Mechanisms

Machamer, P., L. Darden, and C.F. Craver (2000) “Thinking About Mechanisms”, Philosophy of Science, 67: 1–25.

Second Philosophy

Maddy, P. (2007) Second Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

The Metaphysics Within Physics

Maudlin, T. (2007) The Metaphysics Within Physics, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Biological Complexity and Integrative Pluralism

Mitchell, S. (2003) Biological Complexity and Integrative Pluralism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Unsimple Truths: Science, Complexity, and Policy

Mitchell, S. (2009) Unsimple Truths: Science, Complexity, and Policy, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

What Genes Can’t Do

Moss, L. (2004) What Genes Can’t Do, Cambridge, MA: A Bradford Book, MIT Press.

Reply to Sober and Waters

Okasha, S. (2011) “Reply to Sober and Waters” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 82(1), pp. 241-8.

Temporal Experience

Paul, L.A. (2010) “Temporal Experience”, Journal of Philosophy, 107(7): 333–359.

The Concept of the Gene: Short History and Present Status

Portin, P. (1993) "The Concept of the Gene: Short History and Present Status", The Quarterly Review of Biology, 68: 173-223.

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