The Dialectical BiologistHarvard University Press, 1985 - 303 páginas Scientists act within a social context and from a philosophical perspective that is inherently political. Whether they realize it or not, scientists always choose sides. The Dialectical Biologist explores this political nature of scientific inquiry, advancing its argument within the framework of Marxist dialectic. These essays stress the concepts of continual change and codetermination between organism and environment, part and whole, structure and process, science and politics. Throughout, this book questions our accepted definitions and biases, showing the self-reflective nature of scientific activity within society. |
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Introduction | 1 |
One On Evolution | 7 |
Evolution as Theory and Ideology | 9 |
Adaptation | 65 |
The Organism as the Subject and Object of Evolution | 85 |
Two On Analysis | 107 |
The Analysis of Variance and the Analysis of Causes | 109 |
Isidore Nabi on the Tendencies of Motion | 123 |
The Commoditization of Science | 197 |
The Political Economy of Agricultural Research | 209 |
Applied Biology in the Third World | 225 |
The Pesticide System | 238 |
Research Needs for Latin Community Health | 242 |
What Is Human Nature? | 253 |
Dialectics | 267 |
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Dialectics and Reductionism in Ecology | 132 |
Three Science as a Social Product and the Social Product of Science | 161 |
The Problem of Lysenkoism | 163 |
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