{"product_id":"explaining-cancer-anya-plutynski-9780199967452","title":"Explaining Cancer: Finding Order in Disorder","description":"In\u003cem\u003e Explaining Cancer\u003c\/em\u003e, Anya Plutynski addresses a variety of philosophical questions that arise in the context of cancer science and medicine. She begins with the following concerns: \u003cbr\u003e- How do scientists classify cancer? Do these classifications reflect nature's \"joints\"? \u003cbr\u003e- How do cancer scientists identify and classify early stage cancers? \u003cbr\u003e- What does it mean to say that cancer is a \"genetic\" disease? What role do genes play in \"mechanisms for\" cancer? \u003cbr\u003e- What are the most important environmental causes of cancer, and how do epidemiologists investigate these causes? \u003cbr\u003e- How exactly has our evolutionary history made us vulnerable to cancer? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eExplaining Cancer \u003c\/em\u003euses these questions as an entr馥 into a family of philosophical debates. It uses case studies of scientific practice to reframe philosophical debates about natural classification in science and medicine, the problem of drawing the line between disease and health, mechanistic reasoning in science, pragmatics and evidence, the roles of models and modeling in science, and the nature of scientific explanation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anya Plutynski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199967458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199967452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2019","brand":"Anya Plutynski","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43913408774399,"sku":"9780199967452","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5667eafe-3d9f-4535-989c-649f2156ac6e.jpg?v=1680620266","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/explaining-cancer-anya-plutynski-9780199967452","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}